Echoes of Kafka Contemporary Opera [concert: Offbeat Bohemia] at Bohemian National Hall – New York, NY

Enter a dreamlike world of piano, voice, and electronics with Czech composer Jiří Trtík and singer, composer, and producer Never Sol (Sára Vondrášková).

Trtík will perform selections from Kafka’s Letter to His Father in arrangements for piano and synthesizers, alongside other recent works. The intimate opera explores Kafka’s troubled relationship with his father and the freedom he finds through writing. It premiered at Prague’s National Theatre in 2024, with its U.S. premiere scheduled at CAP UCLA this November.

The evening also features Never Sol, whose expressive vocals and layered synthesizers move between delicate melodies and powerful waves of sound.

Jiří Trtík is a Czech composer and the founder and artistic director of STRO.MY Ensemble. He has composed works for Prague’s National Theatre, Kremerata Baltica, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, and performers from leading American orchestras. In 2021, he received the OSA Award for the most successful Czech classical composer abroad. With STRO.MY, he creates performances in unconventional spaces, often incorporating visual and theatrical elements.

Never Sol is the musical project of Prague-based singer, composer, and producer Sára Vondrášková. Combining vocals with analog and modular synthesizers, she creates atmospheric music shaped by melancholy, experimentation, and a fascination with sound. Her albums include Under Quiet and Chamaleo. She also composes for film, theater, and contemporary dance, and hosts the music program Sedmé nebe on Czech Radio Vltava.

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