Name: Prague Castle International organ festival - in St. Vitus Cathedral - Bach - Carpenter
Start: 2026-06-30T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-30T20:10:00+02:00
Location: Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral

Prague Castle International organ festival - in St. Vitus Cathedral

Date:	June 30, 2026 \| 19:00 (Tue)
Venue:	Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral
Duration:	70 minutes
Intermission:	No
Status:	Available

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Opening concert of the 15th edition of the internationally renowned organ festival at Prague Castle

Program:

J. S. Bach | The Goldberg Variations BWV 988
C. Carpenter | Improvisation I., II., III.

Soloist:

Cameron Carpenter - organ

Dutch organist Ben van Oosten is one of the world’s leading interpreters of the French symphonic repertoire. He studied in Amsterdam and Paris, made his concert debut at a young age, and has since performed on major stages around the world. He has recorded the complete organ works of Franck, Widor, Vierne, Dupré, and Saint-Saëns and has won numerous awards, including the Echo Klassik. He is the organist at the Grote Kerk in The Hague and a professor emeritus at the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam.

About the festival:

St. Vitus Organ Evenings is a unique summer festival that offers you the opportunity to listen to masterpieces of organ music right in the heart of the Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus, and Adalbert at Prague Castle. Each year, the festival invites leading organists from both the Czech Republic and abroad to perform at the cathedral. This year will be no exception, as we welcome performers from the USA, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

The program will be further enriched by a concert featuring a symphony orchestra and a special evening with a guest soloist on the French horn. A true celebration of organ music awaits. The 15th edition will be extraordinary in many respects. For the first time, the festival will feature the new and long-awaited cathedral organ. Additionally, visitors can look forward to a double portion of musical experiences, with a total of ten concert evenings.

Important:

No intermission
Dress code: casual/smart casual

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Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral

Address:	Pražský hrad , Praha 1
Capacity:	700
Type:	Church
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	Yes

The magnificent St. Vitus Cathedral is situated in the Prague Castle complex

The cathedral was founded by the Emperor Charles IV in 1344 at the site of the former St. Vitus Basilica. While most European cathedrals were built within the city, the Cathedral of Prague grew up outside and far above the town, in the middle of the Prague Castle, which was not only the seat of rulers, but also kind of the sacred precinct with several churches.

From the beginning the cathedral was intended as a prominent feature of the Prague agglomeration. In addition, it was built with great artistic and mystical aspirations. St Vitus, St Wenceslas and St Adalbert Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Prague and the sacred place where the saints, Bohemian kings, princes and Holy Roman emperors are buried - i.e. St. Wenceslas, patron saint of the country, is buried in the Cathedral in St. Wenceslas Chapel, a masterpiece of Gothic art.

Above the chapel is situated chamber guarding the crown jewels of Bohemian kings. The coronations of the kings of Bohemia were held in the Cathedral until 1836. The first architect Matthias of Arras, who was called by Charles IV from Avignon, mediated the model of the French cathedral architecture. Matthias´s successor, genius Petr Parléř, gived to the cathedral and its sculptural decoration features of artistic excellence.

After the death of Charles IV the building was suspended and the cathedral remained a torso. The construction was not completed until the beginning of the 20th century, when the western part was completed and decorated by leading artists of the era (V. Sucharda, A. Mucha etc.). The St. Vitus Cathedral is an excellent example of Gothic architecture and masterpiece of art.

How to get there:

Accessibility by Prague public transport:
metro A (green line) - Malostranská station
tram - Malostranská stop or Pražský hrad stop
Nearest car parking:
Malostranské náměstí

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