About the Orchestra

The Brno Philharmonic has an illustrious history of music making, its beginnings dating back to the 1870s when its first predecessor, the amateur Czech Symphony Orchestra, was established under the auspices of Leoš Janáček and housed in

The orchestra has collaborated with a number of distinguished conductors, including Karel Ancerl, Jiri Belohlavek, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kurt Masur, and Yehudi Menuhin.

The orchestra has thrived on musical partnerships with a number of exceptional soloists: Yefim Bronfman, Rudolf Buchbinder, Elina Garanca, Wilhelm Kempff, Olga Kern, Gidon Kremer, John Lill, Julian Rachlin, Sviatoslav Richter, and Eva Urbanova, to name but a few.

In addition to being among the very best, the Brno Philharmonic is with their 110 full-time members also one of the biggest. 

... Its strings produce a light, sweet tone that gleams like silk. The winds tend to parallel this in weight and timbre, the over-all effect is smooth and mellow...