Prague Quiet Music Festival 2024

SATURDAY, june 22nd 2024
VENUE: FORTNA (HRADČANSKÉ NÁMĚSTÍ 3, PRAGUE 1)
3.00–4.30 PM WORKSHOPS (🇨🇿 in czech language only)
5.00–10.00 PM CONCERTS

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ENTRANCE FEE:
300 CZK EARLY BIRD (until 30. 4.)
400 CZK PRESALE (1. 5. – 21. 6.)
500 CZK At the door
1 600 CZK Festival + accommodation (festival ticket for 1 person + 1 single room)*
2 400 CZK Festival + accommodation (festival tickets for 2 persons + 1 TWIN room)*
* only available in the presale

Experimental music makers and adventurous listeners will find refuge in the enchanting premises of the convent Fortna for one slow Saturday afternoon. Besides an intense dive into the tranquil music and innovative sounds performed by top artists, you will also be able to immerse yourself in the world of quietude through workshops, soundwalk, a tea bar, and a reading room.

The 4th edition of the Prague Quiet Music Festival introduces as principal guests the Oslo-based ensemble asamisimasa. The centrepiece will be a new extended piece for asamisimasa and the Prague Quiet Music Collective composed by quiet music legend Jürg Frey (Switzerland), as well as new pieces by Oslo-based composers Magdaléna Manderlová, Luis Fernando Amaya and Ferdinand Schwarz, and a new piece for asamisimasa by PQMC artistic director Ian Mikyska. The composers will visit the festival in person.

PERFORMERS

asamisimasa (NO)
(Morten Barrikmo – clarinet, saxofon / Tanja Orning – violoncello / Håkon Stene – percussion / Anders Førisdal – guitar)

Ferdinand Schwarz (DE) – wind instruments

Martin Debřička (CZ) – wind instruments

Prague Quiet Music Collective (CZ)
(Renata Raková – clarinet / Milan Jakeš – violin / Ian Mikyska – viola da gamba / Luan Gonçalves – double bass)

LINE-UP

15.00–16.30 WORKSHOPS (🇨🇿 in Czech language only)
16.30–17.00 ⋯ interval ⋯
17.00–18.00 FERDINAND SCHWARZ + MARTIN DEBŘIČKA
18.00–18.30 ⋯ interval ⋯
18.30–19.30 ASAMISIMASA + PRAGUE QUIET MUSIC COLLECTIVE / 1st CONCERT
19.30–20.00 ⋯ interval ⋯
20.00–21.30 ASAMISIMASA + PRAGUE QUIET MUSIC COLLECTIVE / 2nd CONCERT

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME

Workshop: Introduction to Meditation – Silent Meditation for Beginners and Up
15.00–16.30 (90 min.)
/🇨🇿 The workshop will be held in Czech language./

Moments of inner quieting, stopping. Led by the Discalced Carmelite, priest and psychotherapist Petr Glogar. The workshop will take place on the upper floor of Fortna, with a terrace overlooking Prague. Bring an open mind and loose clothing in which you can sit comfortably. Everything else will be provided.

Listening workshop and soundwalk with Magdaléna Manderlová
15.00–16.30 (90 min.)
/🇨🇿 The workshop will be held in Czech language./

Listen to your inner self and to your surroundings. Participative workshop with listening, motoric and breathing exercises and a soundwalk. No special knowledge or skills needed. Lead by Magdaléna Manderlová, sound artist, field recordist and an author of a new composition presented at the festival, who works with the relational and sensory practices of listening and field recording, grounded in a deep interest in ecology, the natural world and its processes.

Luis Fernando Amaya at Hudební 3 – presentation + performance
Thursday, 20. 6. 2024 | 19.30 | Besední 487/3, Prague 1 | detailed info

Preceding the premiere of his piece “un lenguaje hecho de células” at our festival, Luis Fernando Amaya will present a presentation/workshop, followed by a short performance of a newly developed piece, “a language made of whispers” at the Czech Music Information Centre.

Reading corner
Tea bar and refreshments by Lao Tea House

ACCOMMODATION – Let the silence resonate within you

After the last concert, you don't have to rush back towards the noises of the city; you can enjoy a silent night in a convent overlooking Prague. We offer packages of a festival ticket with single or twin room directly at Fortna for 1 night from Saturday to Sunday. The rooms are former nuns' cells with simple but tasteful and functional furnishings. Towels and clean bed sheets will be available. The bathroom is shared for two neighbouring rooms.
Check-in on Saturday, June 22nd 2024 from 14.00, check-out on Sunday, june 23rd 2024 until 10.00.