International Music Festival of Český Krumlov

International Music Festival of Český Krumlov

A summer music festival in this fairytale town of South Bohemia, registered as a heritage site by UNESCO.

July 12 2024 - August 3 2024
International Music Festival of Český Krumlov
This international music festival takes place over the course of four weeks during July and August in the historic jewel of South Bohemia – in Český Krumlov. The venues include interesting places in the proximity and in particular the unique areas of the Castle and Château of Český Krumlov.
The festival offers 4 weeks of music ranging from the 15th till the 21st century. You will hear a variety of music genres: classical music, jazz, folk, musicals, opera, and crossover. The real gems of the festival’s events are experimental Baroque performances in the oldest Baroque theater in the world.

32nd edition of the Festival will offer 18 concerts at 12 traditional and unusual concert venues in Český Krumlov and its surroundings. Music returns under the night sky of the Summer Riding Hall, the synagogue, the Egon Schiele Art Centre, and the Prádelna Cultural Centre. The program offers not only chamber works, but also symphonic and choral works, as well as ballet suites, opera arias, and Spanish zarzuelas. Countless Czech and foreign stars will grace the festival: pianist Alexander Melnikov, tenor Charles Castronovo, sopranos Zuzana Markova and Simona Šaturová, guitarist Rafael Aguirre, violinists Vadim Gluzman and Josef Špaček and others.

The fringe program in the Festival Zone in the Monastery Garden will offer free artistic, sports, and educational activities alongside multi-genre concerts.