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International Music Festival F. L. Věka 2025
The 15th anniversary year of the F. L. Věka Festival begins on September 13 and will end with festival reverberations at the beginning of December. The program includes ten concerts, several festival premieres are again prepared for the audience and even two concerts in the Koenig & Bauer Grafitec factory hall in Dobruška.
The F. L. Věka Association was founded in 2018. The purpose of the association and its main activity is to support the development of cultural life and education in the region of the foothills of the Orlické Mountains, led by organizing the F. L. Věka music festival. The goal of the new entity is to raise the level of the festival even higher.
The executive director of the F. L. Věka Association has become Ing. Ladislav Horčička, founder and owner of the Servisbal Obaly company, which has long supported the F. L. Věka Festival. The artistic director is Pavel Svoboda, organist and founder of the festival. The town of Dobruška has been represented in the association since the beginning, and the town of Opočno is also a member.
F. L. Věka 2025 Festival Program
13. 9. at 5:00 PM – Ave maria Bohuslavice, Evangelical Church Jana Hrochová (mezzo-soprano), Martin Hroch (harpsichord)
20. 9. at 5:00 PM – Lilium mezi trním Deštné v Orlických horách, Church of St. Mary Magdalene Hana Blažíková, Collegium Marianum
28. 9. at 7:30 PM – St. Wenceslas Concert and Young Talents Dobruška, Church of St. Václava Martin Droppa (organ), Daniel Plavec (violin)
3. 10. at 7:00 PM – Matyáš Novák and the F. L. Věka Dobruška Festival Orchestra, Koenig & Bauer Factory Hall Matyáš Novák (piano), F. L. Věka Festival Orchestra
4. 10. at 5:00 PM – Vivaldi, as you don’t know him Dobruška, Koenig & Bauer Factory Hall Janoska Ensemble
12. 10. at 5:00 PM – Organ Festival Opočno, Monastery Church of the Nativity of the Lord Krzysztof Lukas (organ), Lukáš Koblása (spoken word)
19. 10. at 5:00 PM – From Zuška to the Big World of Music Dobruška, Synagogue Radka Potočková, Eliška Tomeňuková, Klára Hůlková
5. 11. at 7:00 PM – Mozart Requiem Solnice, Community House Soloists from the National Theatre, Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice, Zdeněk Klauda (conductor)
16. 11. at 5:00 PM – Opera Romance Opočno, Kodym National House Gustáv Beláček (bass-baritone), Daniel Buranovský (piano)
4. 12. at 6:00 PM – Hek's Christmas Mass Dobruška, Community Center – Cinema 70 Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Pardubice Conservatory, Tomáš Židek (conductor)