65th annual Prague Spring International Music Festival sees final performance

The 65th annual Prague Spring International Music Festival drew to a close on Friday night with a performance at Prague’s Smetana Hall in Obecní Dům. The Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), led by conductor and artistic director Marek Janowski, performed Brahm’s Piano Concerto No.2 with American Emanual Ax on piano. Mr Ax then performed a short piece by Schumann, accompanied by violin cello. The familiar strains of Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony closed the famous festival.