Between Body and Soul

Name: Between Body and Soul
Start: 2026-07-22T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Vila Engelsmann

took place · 22 Jul 2026

Vila Engelsmann, Brno

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A celebration of life through art – a festival gala featuring the festival's instructors.

About the venue: Vila Engelsmann

Vila Engelsmann is a neo-Baroque villa built in 1931–1932 on Hlinky Street in Brno for textile industrialist and art collector Felix Engelsmann. The L-shaped building with a mansard roof and grand street façade stands in stark contrast to the functionalism dominant at the time. The owners fled the Nazi occupation in 1939; the villa was confiscated and later nationalised. Today it is privately owned and available for event hire and guided tours.

Hlinky 510/110, 603 00 Brno Get directions

Line-up

Marián Balog
Vladimír Červenka
Klára Melíšková
Jaromír Strahovský
Kristýna Němečková
Marek Svobodník
Liběna Rochová
Jiří Honzírek
Miroslav Hlaučo
Pavla Fendrichová

About: Zdeněk Bína

The Pardubice-born musician is the driving force behind minus123minut, one of the most distinctive Czech bands of the past three decades, recognised with the Anděl Award in 1999. His live sets - whether solo or with the full trio - are built around improvisation and a fluid mix of jazz, blues and funk.

4 630

followers on Facebook (minus123minut)

~200

foreign concerts (Netherlands, Poland, France, USA, England, etc.)

What's new

2025
The band minus123minut announced the release of a new studio album - the first in ten years - and a special concert with guests.
2025-08
Zdeněk Bína will perform at the Hýl - Festival léčivého zvuku festival in Lišov.
2025-08
Bína will perform at the Koncert o duši event in Slavonice and in Jičín.

Tour

LišovSlavoniceJičínMoravský KrumlovNová Bystřice

Tracks

Shooba Doobadebut album minus123minut (1999), which won the Anděl award for discovery of the year

LESalbum minus123minut (2019) with guest - Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz

Birdsolo acoustic album by Zdeňka Bína from 2014

Všechno nejlepšíalbum minus123minut from 2006

About: Petr Soukup

Born in Plzeň, Petr Soukup blends sharp, punchy verse with live stand-up delivery and tours the country with his shows. As a lyricist he has shaped songs for Lucie Bílá and Abraxas; as a book author he reaches readers across genres - from poetry to erotic fiction to children's fables.

36K

followers on Instagram (@petrsoukup.cz)

50+

live performances in 2024

tens of thousands

sold copies of books in total

What's new

2026
In 2026, Soukup released the music single Ich bin Fetisch (Droggy Style) and is preparing Czech-Czech Dictionary 2.
2025
In May 2025, the EP Zlatý hodinky was released - a music-literary project combining spoken word with ambient music, recorded with composer Denis Sov.
2025
In 2025, he published the book Umělá póza - notes from one period of life, with Chat GPT listed as co-author.

Tour

PrahaBrnoOstravaPlzeňOlomoucČeské BudějoviceHradec KrálovéÚstí nad LabemChomutovHavlíčkův BrodLiberecZlínMost

Tracks

Zlatý hodinkysolo EP from May 2025, spoken word with ambient music (6 tracks), collaboration with Denis Sov

Thrash Metalalbum from 2021 recorded with producer Jiří Vidasov

Bejt z dobrý rodiny není prdelsecond album with Jiří Vidasov (2022)

Erekce srdcemost famous poetry collection (2018), one of the author's best-selling books

Česko-český slovníkbeloved word collection (2021), second volume comes out in 2026

About: Liběna Rochová

A pioneer of Czech auteur fashion whose collections balance haute couture with sculpture, Liběna Rochová has been creating since the 1970s and has shown her work in Paris, New York, Lyon and Tokyo. She is a two-time Czech Grand Design winner and a member of its Hall of Fame.

130+

models in the collection of the Moravian Gallery in Brno

3×

victories at Czech Grand Design (Fashion Designer of the Year 2011, 2015, 2022)

850

m² of floor space of the retrospective exhibition Doteky (Brno, 2025-2027)

What's new

2025-11
On November 21, 2025, a major retrospective exhibition Liběna Rochová: Touches was opened at the Moravian Gallery in Brno, which will run until August 2027 and features over 130 models on an area of 850 m².
2025-11
The Touches exhibition made public for the first time sketches, diaries, and a private archive that Rochová donated to the Moravian Gallery.
2023-09
In September 2023, Rochová exhibited at the Czech Centre in Paris as part of Paris Design Week, with the exhibition installation designed by her daughter, architect Magdalena Rochová.

Tracks

Oděvní partitury2015 collection inspired by the work of Milan Grygara, Grand Designer of the Year Czech Grand Design

Inside 232022/2023 collection inspired by the paintings of Petr Kvíčala, 29 models in Mediterranean colors

Pocta sklu / Homage to Glass2008 collection with glass jewelry of own design, 2nd place Czech Grand Design 2009

Nadotekcharity collection in collaboration with artist Lukáš Musil in support of the organization Debra ČR

COLORS/S20collection made from unused textile stocks, an example of a sustainable approach to fashion

About: Pavla Fendrichová

Pavla Fendrichová is a Czech singer, choirmaster and voice pedagogue who teaches at DAMU (Prague's Theatre Faculty) and collaborates with Dejvické divadlo and Divadlo Minor. She takes a holistic approach to the voice, working with actors, singers and amateurs alike, and has led vocal workshops in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. She also directs the women's choir Chrpy.

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