Opening concert

„Má vlast (My Country) is not about blind nationalism. It is written with genuine and entirely disarming love for our native land,” says Petr Popelka, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, with whom he opens the 81st edition of the Prague Spring in 2026. At this special moment we also mark one hundred years since the founding of this principal Czech symphony orchestra which, through its many bold artistic projects, is now etched not only into the history of the Prague Spring but also into the modern musical history of our country. Petr Popelka, currently one of the world’s most highly sought-after conductors, will join Karel Ančerl, Václav Neumann, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Järvi, Vladimír Válek and Krzysztof Penderecki as another remarkable individual to lead this superb Czech orchestra at the Prague Spring.

Tickets for performance on 12 May: 2 900 – 12 000 CZK

Tickets for performance on 13 May: 1 050 – 10 000 CZK