Postcard from Prague: John Cranko’s Onegin

Alina Nanu as Tatiana in Onegin

Irina Burduja as Olga in Onegin

Matěj Šust as Lensky in Onegin

Matěj Šust as Lensky and Patrik Holeček as Onegin in Onegin

Alina Nanu as Tatiana in Onegin

Alina Nanu as Tatiana and Patrik Holeček as Onegin in Onegin

By Deborah Weiss, 09 February 2023

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Lawrence Dunn, 17th December

From Buxtehude, Bach and Handel, to contemporary composer Liza Lim, we take a tour of the myriad forms of composers’ handwriting and calligraphy – and how music makes itself on the page.

Bryce Dessner in Prague: new landscapes in a living tradition

Thomas May, 11th December

Bryce Dessner enters the Czech Philharmonic’s living tradition with electric guitars, a new cello concerto and a composer’s ear for landscape, history, collaboration and renewal.

Man of the hour: Hermann Bäumer joins Prague State Opera

Frank Kuznik, 14th November

The German conductor talks about good fortune, taking on new opera productions, his experiences as a musician in the pit as well as at the podium, and why Prague State Opera is “super!”.

Songs from home: Magdalena Kožená in conversation

Elena Luporini, 10th November

Awarded with the 2025 Antonín Dvořák Award together with her husband Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená talks about the richness of Czech music, language barriers, and the importance of reading programme notes.

Stylus fantasticus: Vojtěch Jakl on Early music in Czechia

Lawrence Dunn, 3rd November

Taking a broad look at the current state of Early music across Europe, we talk to young artists in several countries – beginning with talented young Czech violinist, Vojtěch Jakl.

The art of memory: classical music for mourning

Danny Riley, 28th October

From fulfilling funerary functions, to eulogising friends and fellow artists, or lamenting the waste of war: here are some of the finest examples of music written in mourning.

Deborah Weiss

Deb joined Bachtrack in 2022 and commissions reviews and writing on ballet and dance. She was Royal Ballet School-trained and is a former principal dancer for companies including London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and Bayerisches Staatsballett. She has been writing for more than 30 years – publications have included Dancing Times, DanceTabs, Dance for You and Dance Europe. She also interviews for Voices of British Ballet, an oral archive of people who have worked in the industry in the UK. In addition to her writing, since 2016 she has been facilitating programmes that support victims of domestic abuse. Deb is passionate about her rescue dog, Bruce, and daughters (not in that order), swims a mile at least five days a week and is an avid reader.