Pianist and ECHO Klassik prizewinner Sebastian Knauer performs together with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra from Hamburg’s twin city Prague under the baton of American conductor and Emmy Award winner Sarah Hicks at the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall. The programme includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto KV 466 and George Gershwin’s »Concerto in F«, two of the most famous and beautiful piano concertos of all time. Combined with great romanticism by Czech composers Antonín Dvořák (Slavonic Dances) and Bedřich Smetana (Vltava).

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Sebastian Knauer / Czech National Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Hicks

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, which performs regularly at the Špilberk International Music Festival, has collaborated with many world famous personalities from various musical fields. One of these personalities was Carl Davis, with whom the Czech National Symphony Orchestra repeatedly performed his highly successful project The Beatles Night. This project will be performed at Špilberk under the baton of conductor, composer, arranger and jazz pianist Kryštof Marek. Listeners can look forward to masterfully crafted orchestral arrangements of hits by the legendary “Beetles”, such as A Hard Day’s Night, Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, Hey Jude, All You Need Is Love, Let It Be and many more.

Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Jan 11, 2026

Sebastian Knauer / Czech National Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Hicks

Aug 21, 2025

The Beatles Night

Czech National Symphony Orchestra