New Music Marathon

hurricon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:01:19 +0000

This international festival of contemporary music, presented in collaboration with the Society for New Music, exposes Prague’s normally timid audiences to the outrageous forces of the Czech Ensemble Mondschein and the Azerbaijan SoNoR Ensemble Baku (at 7.30pm on November 19). The uncategorisable tones and disharmonies of composers Elmir Mirzoev and Miroslav Pudlák add fuel to the fire, and even the Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra is drawn into the fray for the first night of this three-day fest. On November 20, workshops, lectures, videos and discussions with these composers, among others, are being held, starting at 10am. Britain’s Gavin Bryars Ensemble, the Vilnius New Music Ensemble, the Czech Agon Orchestra and the Studio New Music Moscow perform original and challenging stuff on November 21 at 5pm.

Prague International Marathon

hurricon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:59:45 +0000

Running through Prague’s cobbled streets is normally thought of as a hazardous proposition, but not to the hundreds who fly in from around the world for this wildly popular annual foot race. Six separate races make up the core of the PIM: superjocks take on the full 42km run, a feat later repeated by in-line skaters and then younger runners; amateurs can break themselves in with the 9km City Run; and whole families go for the 4.5km run, later repeated as the Eco-Day run. The live nationwide coverage and pumped-up crowds are almost as much incentive as scoring that jersey number to take home afterwards. Registration takes place in the PIM tent at the bottom of Wenceslas Square.

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New Music Marathon

Prague International Marathon