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Accompanying program of LVMF 2022    1. Lecture | The arrival of the Charvatians in South Moravia 25th September 2022 | 14:00 | Havlíčkova Villa, Břeclav-Poštorná Reservations at prodej@lvhf.cz (Capacity 40 people), Entrance Fee Voluntary The lecture by the historian Miroslav Geršic explains the arrival of the Charvats in the Valtice region in connection with the Liechtenstein princely house. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire into the Balkans was main reason for the arrival of the Croats to the area of not only the then Lower Austrian Valtice. After the conquest of Constantinople (today’s Istanbul) in 1453, Belgrade in 1521 or the threat

Contacts, impulses, friendships   In the 19th century, the contacts of Croatian composers with Czech cultural centres and artists began to enrich Croatian music. One of the first Croatian composers to study in Prague was Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854) – the author of the first Croatian opera who, among other things, composed songs to texts by Czech poets. Ideas concerning national art from Czechia influenced the repertoire of Croatian choral societies and the Prague Conservatory became the place of education for several Croatian musicians. The composer Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), daughter of the Ban and Count Theodor Pejačević and the Hungarian Countess

Dear friends and guests of the Lednice-Valtice Music Festival,   It is time to reveal a unique programme of the next, already 7th year of the festival to you. Unlike last year’s focus on Baroque and the music of Antonio Vivaldi, we will present more romantic music and recall the past of the Moravian Croats – descendants of Croats who came to the territory of South Moravia at the invitation of the Liechtenstein family during their retreat from the Ottoman armies. Personally, I have very special connection to this year’s programme as my maternal great-grandmother came from the Croatian Maurice

Lednice-Valtice Music Festival From 26 August to 8 October 2022 The theme of the 7th LVMF is related to the story of the Moravian Croats, the inhabitants of today’s Croatia. After the constant Turkish conquests during the old times, they went to the northern parts of the Habsburg Monarchy with a vision of a calmer life. Most of them settled on the territory of today’s Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, but some of them came to South Moravia at the invitation of the Liechtenstein family. In 2022, the festival will introduce performers with “Balkan” blood circulating in their veins as we

Near Lednice Castle you will find the oldest romantic building in the Lednice-Valtice area and one of the largest buildings of this kind in non-Islamic countries.The minaret with its height of over 60 metres was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries and from its top you can admire not only the whole Lednice-Valtice area. Three viewing galleries are open to the public and from its top you can enjoy a view of the picturesque surrounding landscape of Pálava, the White Carpathians and the castle pond with the castle standing nearby. On the first floor you will

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Are you unable to attend the Opening Concert of the Lednice-Valtice Music Festival 2021 personally? Take the opportunity to watch the concert live online on filmnazivo.cz! From 7:00 p.m. today, 2 October 2021. The recording will be available to watch until 2 November 2021.

Articles about the interesting personalities, concert programmes, messages from the artists and partners of LVMF 2021! Concert venues business cards! Available in Czech and German.