15th International Organ Festival - Ondřej Valenta and Symphony Prague Orchestra

Name: 15th International Organ Festival - Ondřej Valenta and Symphony Prague Orchestra
Start: 2026-07-07T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-07T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Metropolitní kapitula u sv. Víta v Praze, Hrad III. nádvoří 48/2

took place · 7 Jul 2026

Metropolitní kapitula u sv. Víta v Praze, Hrad III. nádvoří 48/2, Prague

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15th International Organ Festival - Ondřej Valenta and Symphony Prague Orchestra — Metropolitní kapitula u sv. Víta v Praze, Hrad III. nádvoří 48/2, Prague

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The organ concert takes place on Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 19:00 in the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Vitus on Prague Castle. Ondřej Valenta and the Symphony Prague orchestra will perform works by Bach, Widor and Saint-Saëns in one of Bohemia's oldest ecclesiastical institutions, which has managed the cathedral and its treasures since the Middle Ages. Valenta appears at three Czech venues this season, with the Prague concert opening his tour. The Chapter, located on the Third Courtyard of Prague Castle, provides a distinctive acoustic setting for organ music.

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About the venue: Metropolitní kapitula u sv. Víta v Praze, Hrad III. nádvoří 48/2

The Metropolitan Chapter at St. Vitus Cathedral is one of the oldest ecclesiastical institutions in Bohemia, established in the Middle Ages alongside the cathedral at Prague Castle. The Chapter administers the cathedral and its treasures, including the St. Wenceslas Chapel. Occasional religious and cultural events tied to the liturgical calendar take place here.

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About: Ondřej Valenta

As the resident organist of Prague Castle's cathedral, teacher at the Prague Conservatory, and co-founder of the Varhanní Vyšehrad festival, Ondřej Valenta stands out as one of the most active Czech organists of his generation, equally at home in liturgical and concert settings.

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edition of the St. Vitus Organ Evenings festival (2026), where Valenta performs as resident organist

What's new

2026-06
Valenta played on all three instruments of the cathedral at the inaugural St. Vitus Organ Octave (June 15-22, 2026), which celebrated the installation of the new Grenzing organs.
2026-06
St. Vitus Cathedral received new organs in June 2026 from the workshop of Spanish organ builder Gerhard Grenzing, for the acquisition of which thousands of donors contributed over 154 million crowns.
2026-01
Valenta will perform at the 15th St. Vitus Organ Evenings festival (June-September 2026) as one of the main performers, for the first time on the new instrument.

Tour

PrahaKelkheimMünchenPlasyChurPotsdamDresdenČervený KostelecStará BoleslavVyšehradKněžmostKaunasLitoměřiceHejniceLiberecKarlovy Vary

About: Symphony Prague

A Prague-based private ensemble whose musicians hold chairs in the Czech Philharmonic, FOK, the Radio Symphony and the National Theatre Orchestra. Under Štefan Britvík's baton, the group tours European festivals and performs both Czech and international symphonic repertoire.

2008

year of the orchestra's founding

leading Prague orchestras from which the musicians come

What's new

2025
Symphony Prague performed at the St. Vitus Cathedral Organ Evenings in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague as a guest orchestra of the festival.
2024-01
The chamber orchestra Harmonia Praga, created as part of Symphony Prague, opened the New Year concert at the Nuselska Town Hall in Prague 4.
2013
Harmonia Praga, the chamber branch of Symphony Prague, presented the world premiere of the newly discovered E major Symphony by Vanhal and the violin concerto by J. J. Ryba at the Novoměstská Town Hall.

Tracks

Má vlast - Vltava (B. Smetana)a key part of the orchestra's Czech repertoire, performed on foreign tours

Symfonie č. 9 'Z Nového světa' (A. Dvořák)regularly included in foreign concerts as a flagship of Czech music

Česká mše vánoční (J. J. Ryba)performed in chamber formation at Christmas concerts in the Church of St. Nicholas on the Lesser Town

Sinfonietta (L. Janáček)part of the repertoire presenting Czech music abroad

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