Prague Proms - 2025

Prague Proms, one of Prague’s biggest international music festivals, has been running since 2005. For the past few years, it has welcomed tens of thousands of spectators, and has offered the chance to witness an incredible number of top artists from both the Czech and foreign music scene. Audience members had the chance to meet extraordinary personalities within the world of classical music, jazz as well as crossover styles. These included: Vince Mendoza, Danny Elfman, Edita Gruberová, Vladimir Cosma, Ennio Morricone and Natalie Cole.  Even in 2025, all audience members can look forward to an original and unique program. World-renowned musicians and conductors will visit the Czech Republic and present concerts in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, the home of The Loop Jazz Club, and the newly added Žižkostel.

The festival will open with a concert with a film projection of Heroes in Pictures, which is dedicated to the heroes and participants of the Second World War, who fought in one of the heaviest battles in history. The Czech National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Steven Mercurio will perform. This will be followed by the non traditional brass ensemble Mnozil Brass and the excellent Prague Guitar Quartet, who will offer their own transcriptions of compositions in addition to the original works. The series of concerts will continue with the Hollywood Night concert, particularly popular with audiences, led by chief conductor Steven Mercurio, singers Simona Hulejová and Ondřej Izdný, the vocal sextet Skety and the soloists of one of the best gospel choirs in the world, the Jeremy Winston Chorale. A few days later, other singers of this great choir will travel to Prague, and in combination will fill out the Smetana Hall with their unique voices at the Hundred Voices concert. This concert will be orchestrated by the conductor and artistic director of the choir, the sought-after educator and recipient of the John F. Kennedy Medal, Jeremy Winston.

Visitors can also look forward to the multi-genre singer, lyricist and composer Marta Kloučková and her formation Marta Kloučková Quintet, as well as a jazz evening featuring the concert known as Bigband in Film, where The Loop Jazz Orchestra will play several hits from the silver screen. As usual, the CNSO Chamber Soloists will perform under the supervision of concertmaster Alexej Rosík. This year, for the first time in the wonderful Žižkostel, three renowned musicians in the genre of world music will be performing. Next up will be the concert Jazz Drink Vol. 2 with culinary magician Roman Vaňek, which will offer delicious cocktails and a good dose of jazz. The Bárka band is also prepared with its lovely chamber repertoire, as well as the Focused on Jazz Fusion concert, again performed by The Loop Jazz Orchestra. The unique American singer Valerie Kippen will close the festival with her concert of jazz standards All About Love.

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