Eight wind instruments, three composers, and a surprisingly diverse musical world. The Kaiserbad’s Zander Hall will resound with Mozart’s elegant Serenade in E-flat Major, Beethoven’s delightful Rondino, and the sparkling Divertimento by British composer Gordon Jacob. A program full of playfulness, melodic lightness, and virtuoso performances by a wind octet composed of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. The ensemble is led by Ondřej Vrabec, solo horn player of the Czech Philharmonic and chief conductor of the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. Admission is free.

+ Opening interview with the guest of Czech Radio Vltava’s Akcent LIVE 

Two musical variations. Joy and melancholy. Two of the most famous Romantic composers, two different life stories. Tchaikovsky composed his famous Violin Concerto in D Major after one of the most difficult crises in his life, while Dvořák’s Fifth Symphony was made during a time of family happiness and creative flourishing. These two works filled with passion, tenderness, and the joy of life will be performed by the Czech Philharmonic under the direction of Petr Altrichter. The violin solo in Tchaikovsky’s concerto will be performed by the orchestra’s concertmaster Jan Mráček.

Well-off Mona (Julianne Moore) trades her quiet, uneventful life for the stage of a local community theatre run by the eccentric director Jerry (Paul Giamatti). Jesse Eisenberg’s third feature as a director combines sharp satire with psychological drama in a captivating, gently ironic tribute to the art of acting.

The Thermal Springs Colonnade resounds with the Baroque energy of Johann Sebastian Bach and the playful elegance of a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. These two giants of classical music will be represented by violin concertos – Bach by his Concerto in A Minor and Mozart by the Violin Concerto in D Major, written when he was just nineteen. The program is rounded out by Bach’s famous Air, whose captivating melody has found its way into the worlds of film and popular music. All performed by a chamber orchestra composed of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, featuring solos by the Czech Philharmonic’s concertmaster Jan Fišer, who is also the chamber ensemble’s artistic director. Admission is free.

Acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, One Battle After Another) captured an extraordinary piano recital by Brooklyn indie-rock bard Cameron Winter at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 35mm film, transforming it into an immersive cinematic experience.

The thunderous overture to Rossini’s opera William Tell, the dreamlike musical landscapes of Claude Debussy, and the joyful finale of Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony. Three pieces by three legends of classical music, performed in unusual arrangements for eight cellos and one double bass. The Virtuosi di basso ensemble, directed by Václav Petr, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic’s cello group, presents a diverse program featuring original arrangements by composer and arranger Tomáš Ille. Admission is free.

The film event of the autumn tells the true story of Ian Charleson, a Scottish actor and dancer who defied a grave illness in the late 1980s to play Hamlet at London’s National Theatre. Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman deliver tour-de-force performances in this gripping drama.