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Our goal is to increase the public awareness of the history of music through concerts, workshops and children’s programmes, mostly focused on early music and historical performance practice.

We are a group of people who have joined forces to enrich the cultural offerings in Brno, especially in the field of early music. Amongst us are professional musicians devoted to early music, as well as music teachers and music lovers, partly practising (amateurs in the best sense of the word), partly active and engaged listeners who want to help creating superb music experiences. Brno is our main, but not the only focus of our activities.

The concert series Hudební lahůdky (Musical Delicacies) started in September 2010 as a private initiative of Jan Čižmář. The initial implementation was in cooperation with BKC, Brno Cultural Centre, which helped setting up a website, printing materials, providing concert venues and sharing their organizational expertise. For this help we thank our former collaborators at BKC at its successor organisation TIC.

In 2012 the concert series moved to the newly incorporated civic association Hudební lahůdky, o. s. (now z. s.), which since has been expanding its activities. Our public offerings include:

• Hudební lahůdky, Musical Delicacies — early music concerts with first-class artists, national and international. These concerts are often conceived as thematic cycles.
• Summer Festival of Early Music — complements since 2011 the cultural offerings during the summer months (July and August) at various tourist sites and in Brno city centre, providing a wide range of concerts with local and foreign artists.
• Hudební bonbónky, Musical Sweets — concerts for children aged 5–12 years with their parents or school teachers.
• Masterclasses — the artists performing in the Hudební lahůdky series are often also world-renowned teachers. We provide a podium where they can share their experience with local music students and the music-loving public.
• Workshops — multi-day thematic workshops about early music and its interpretation.
• Exhibitions — say, participation in the preparation of exhibitions about musical topics and their accompanying events.
• Popularization events — untraditional stagings and happenings aimed to acquaint a broader audience with early music.

Disclaimer

Hudební lahůdky, z. s. is not responsible for the content of external websites. Before publishing links to an external website we have reviewed its content. Should you nevertheless discover that a linked website contains illegal, irrelevant or otherwise inappropriate content, or you have any other concerns, please inform us via e-mail.