Wed, 11. 12. 2024, 17.00 hrs

M5 TRIBUTE TO PETR HAPKA

Venue: Zlín Congress Centre  |  Organizer: Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů, o.p.s.  | 

It’s now 10 years since the passing of Petr Hapka, a key figure on the Czech pop music scene, whose masterful legacy above all in the field of film and pop music has become part of the lives of several Czech and Slovak generations and remains alive to this day.

Hapka wrote a number of lasting melodies that gave many Czech films their characteristic atmosphere. Films such as Panna a netvor, Krakonoš a lyžníci, and Perinbaba are an integral part of his musical legacy, making his work one of the pinnacles of Czech film music comparable to the masterpieces of Ennio Morricone or the Czech composers Zdeněk Liška and Luboš Fišer. Hapka's work with Hana Hegerová and his greatest creative partner, the lyricist Michal Horáček, are part of the treasury of this country’s pop music.

This concert dedicated to Petr Hapka’s musical legacy takes place at the Congress Centre in Zlín in December, featuring his iconic chansons as supreme examples of his art and as reflections of his bohemian nature and breadth of vision. His songs written in collaboration with Horáček will be performed by Ondřej Ruml, Lenka Nová, the Matej Benko Quintet and the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, including První noc v novém bytě, Na hotelu v Olomouci, Šaškové počmáraní and many more.