Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra opening 81st Prague Spring festival Tuesday

The 81st edition of the Prague Spring music festival gets underway at the Smetana Hall of the Czech capital’s Municipal House on Tuesday evening. The traditional curtain-raising composition, Bedřich Smetana’s My Country, will be performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; it will be the 11th time the ensemble has opened Czechia’s most prestigious classical music event.

The Prague Spring festival will deliver a total of 41 concerts and is set to conclude on June 4.