Zdeněk Trnka’s 90th Birthday | Anniversary Concert

On Friday, 27 November 2015, a jubilee concert celebrating Zdeněk Trnka’s 90th birthday took place as part of the long-running project The Music of Zdeněk Trnka. OSA was a partner of the organiser.

The Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marek Štilec, performed chamber and orchestral works, particularly from the composer’s earlier period. Guest pianist and university teacher Adam Piotr Zukiewicz, based at the University of Northern Colorado, performed Trnka’s piano sonata. Another guest was Czech Philharmonic oboist Vojtěch Jouza.

A morning rehearsal was open to schools at 11 a.m., followed by an evening concert for the public. The concert was the fourth in a series introducing Trnka’s extensive musical legacy. An earlier event in the series was Songs by Zdeněk Trnka & Poems by Jaroslav Seifert.

An audience member later praised the musicians’ enthusiasm and the beauty of Trnka’s compositions, including the encore Kanonýrské rondo.