Chleborád’s Villa in Brno

The building is strongly inspired by Ancient Roman architecture. It was the home of his organ school from 1910 and after nine years of successful operation it was promoted to a state conservatory.

The importance of Janáček’s organ school lay in the fact that it substituted for a conservatory which was lacking in Moravia. His students learned to play the organ, piano and violin, and engaged in further study of singing, composition and music theory. Today the building is home to the Elementary School of Art and also the Department of Music History of the Moravian Museum. If you intend to do research related to the maestro’s work, you can use the Janáček Archives, which contains his handwritten scores. On the balustrade of the building, facing the Kounicova street, you can see a bust of Leoš Janáček and in the neighbouring Janáčkovo Square you can appreciate the unique statue of Vixen Sharp-Ears, the protagonist of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen.