April27 2026 (Mon)
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Arsenii Moon & Prague Philharmonia: Echoes of Distance and Dreams
M. Ravel, S. Rachmaninoff, A. Shor, etc.
Municipal House - Smetana Hall
100 minutes | Classical Music | Available
| Date: | April 27, 2026 | 20:00 (Mon) |
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| Venue: | Municipal House - Smetana Hall |
| Duration: | 100 minutes |
| Intermission: | Yes (20 minutes) |
| Status: | Available |
Group discount 10+ people
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Arsenii Moon & Prague Philharmonia perform in Smetana Hall, Municipal House
Arsenii Moon – winner of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and one of the most compelling young pianists of his generation – appears in a program that flows like a journey through landscapes both real and imagined.
The evening opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides, music inspired by wind and sea.It continues with Alexey Shor’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – a contemporary work built on transparent textures, lyrical lines and elegant poise. Moon’s sensitive interpretation reveals the inner calm and subtle refinement embedded in the music. Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye draws the listener into a magical musical fairytale, where where melodic ideas subtly interweave and stories unfold in a whisper. The evening closes with Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – a work that shifts back and forth between bright light and shadow, where variation ideas are ignited, evolved and left to fade, leading ultimately to the iconic 18th variation – a moment of luminous stillness.
Program:
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Concert Overture
- Alexey Shor | Piano Concerto No. 1
- Maurice Ravel | Ma mère l’Oye
- Sergei Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Performing:
Arsenii Moon - piano
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume - conductor
The Prague Philharmonia was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the conductor Jiří Bělohlávek (1946-2017) under the original name Prague Chamber Philharmonia. Since the 2015–16 season the orchestra has been led by the French conductor Emmanuel Villaume. Today it is one of the most recognised orchestras, not only among Czech but also world ensembles. Regular invitations to tour abroad as well as recording projects with the most renowned international labels bear testimony to this.
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- 20 min. intermission
- Dress code: smart casual
- Program subject to change
