PRAGUE SINFONIA

During the celebrations of the Czech National Day, former President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel became Honorary President of the Prague Sinfonia in a gala concert under Christian Benda at the Czech National House in New York City. The orchestra was established as an expanded version of the Prague Chamber Orchestra during their sixteenth tour of North America, after having collaborated with conductors such as Neumann, Albrecht, Mackerras, Pinnock and, for over ten years with Christian Benda, their chief conductor and artistic director. The orchestra has toured widely throughout the world, and is a regular participant of Czech musical life, with concert series in Prague and participation in festivals such as Salzburg, Bregenz, Berlin, Dresden, Lucerne, Montreux, Cheltenham and Besançon with artists including Vengerov, Benedetti-Michelangeli, Gulda and Eschenbach. Recordings for companies including EMI, Decca, Sony Classics, Naxos, Polydor, Nippon Columbia, Denon, BMG, Telarc, Ariola, Eurodisc and Supraphon have won a number of prestigious prizes, including the Wiener Flötenuhr, the Grand Prix du Disque Académie Charles Cros twice, and, after having sold one million records, the Golden Disc Award.

Photo courtesy of Flavio Frascarelli

Role: Orchestra
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