Skating on Thin Ice: a bracing Ondřej Adámek premiere in Prague

Christian Tetzlaff, Jonathan Nott and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Nott conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

By Frank Kuznik, 24 February 2026

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“a masterful combination of skill and brio, deeply focused on every note”

Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 23 February 2026

Mahler, Blumine

Adámek, Thin Ice, Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 2 (Czech premiere)

Zemlinsky, Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid), symphonic fantasia after Hans Christian Andersen

Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Nott, Conductor

Omer Meir Wellber conducts a winter warmer in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 11th December

With an assist from Gidon Kremer, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra shines in an overheated, challenging program.

***11

In Prague, Brad Mehldau offers a fresh take on Bach

Frank Kuznik, 15th October

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra offer a different perspective on the Baroque master.

****1

Popelka leads a fiery finish for Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 25th September

Petr Popelka takes the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra to heavenly heights with help from a brilliant group of of vocalists.

****1

A Dvořák revival fit for a king in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 19th September

Dvořák's failed King and Charcoal Burner gets a second chance and new life at his namesake festival.

****1

Prague Spring finishes with a stirring farewell

Frank Kuznik, 2nd June

Krzysztof Penderecki leads a masterful performance and powerful tribute to Jiří Bělohlávek.

*****

Opening concert Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad

David Karlin, 30th January

Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad opens with a programme of beautiful music and a pair of fine soloists, but a concert somewhat let down by a lack of rapport between soloists and orchestra.

***11

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Frank Kuznik

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 US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.