Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe's premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the U.S., Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. Frank's new book "Festival Europe 2015: 70 Enchanting Places to Hear the World's Greatest Music" is now available to purchase.
With fresh programming and superb performances, artists-in-residence Magdalena Kožená and Sir Simon Rattle add another dimension to the Czech Philharmonic season.
After a brilliant showing by pianist Behzod Abduraimov, Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philarharmonic in a 65-year-old work that could not be more contemporary.
It's been nearly two years since Daniel Müller-Schott, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and Anna Vinnitskaya last played together, and it sounded like it in an uneven programme of Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.
Leading the Czech Philharmonic in a sampling of works by Charles Ives, Robertson built a bridge between Old World sensibilities and contemporary musical ideas.