Czech Center New York presents a concert of Prague’s choir Cancioneta Praga. The concert will take place a few days before their performance in Carnegie Hall.

Cancioneta Praga is a choir, which was founded in 2010 by choirmaster Lukáš Jindřich. Members of the choir stem from various renowned choirs from Prague (Bambini di Praga, Radost Praha, and others).

The repertoire of Cancioneta Praga includes not only old-time compositions but also music of the 20th century, as well as carols from around the world and the Czech Republic, a selection of Czech folk songs and folk songs from around the world, and film music.

Apart from its own concerts, Cancioneta Praga cooperates with notable Czech choirs, orchestras, and musicians (e.g. PKF — Prague Philharmonia, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Musica Bohemica, Orchestra of the Czech Armed Forces, harp player Jana Boušková, guitar virtuoso Lubomír Brabec, conductors Marek Šedivý, Jan Kučera, Vojtěch Spurný, Jakub Martinec, famous Czech group Chinaski and singer Petr Bende). Cancioneta Praga has produced two CDs — Enchanting Christmas and The Gospel Train Is Coming.

During its period of existence in the musical field, Cancioneta Praga has won two international festivals. The choir brought home the “audience’s most favorite choir award” and the trophy for absolute victory from Malgrat de Mar, Spain, in 2010. The same success was reached in 2012 when the choir became the champion of the festival of contemporary choir music, Canti Veris Praga. The choir has been on several concert tours abroad (Germany in 2011, 2014, 2018, Hungary in 2015, Republic of South Africa in 2016.

The patrons of the choir are Miroslava Němcová — the former head of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, conductor Jakub Hrůša and harpist Jana Boušková.

Time: 7:00 PM EST

Free!

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