Birthday Gala Concert at Radio Palace

About the Event

Every time in the history of the Prague Symphony Orchestra a round anniversary was approaching, we were naturally very excited. But at the same time we had to circle around the exact date of the first concert. It just wasn't known. But in the summer of 2023, the circling ended. Former orchestra office manager Jiri Hannsmann found the holy grail in the midst of the newspaper blackout — an announcement and review of the very first symphony concert on October 24, 1934. Thanks to Jiri we also know the programme of the concert, its conductor and the stage: the Radiopalac. And the contemporary reviewer was not wrong: 'The new FOK orchestra, which is already outwardly recognizable as a representative and numerically adequate instrumental ensemble, is already heading for great artistic performances now, immediately after its foundation.'