Prague Autumn International Music Festival (1991–2008) was the second largest classical music festival in Prague held annually in Prague Rudolfinum in September. It was organised under the auspices of Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic and was co-produced by the City of Prague. The Dvořák Prague International Music Festival is a major music festival held in autumn since 2008 in Prague Rudolfinum. The festival focusses on music of the Romantic period, but also extends back into the classical period, and forwards to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. History The history of the Autumn Festival began soon after the Velvet revolution. Many performers from all over the world have appeared at the festival. In 14 years, 66 orchestras, 96 conductors, 122 singers, 53 pianists, 31 violin players, 24 cellists, 16 choirs, 6 chamber ensembles, and 23 other instrumentalists performed. The number of attendees approaches 270 000, plus millions of radio listeners all around the world and domestic TV viewers. Stars of the festival Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta Bruckner Orchester Linz RSO Wien with Bertrand de Billy Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with Yuri Simonov Filarmonica della Scala with Riccardo Muti Beethoven Orchester Bonn State Symphony Capella of Russia with Valeri Polyansky Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra with Valeri Gergiev BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda Bamberger Symphoniker with Jonathan Nott Among the chamber orchestra belong English and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Brass Virtuosi, City of London Sinfonia, Sinfonia Varsovia with Krzysztof Penderecki or Orchestre de chambre de Paris with John Nelson. Conductors and soloists: Marin Alsop, Semyon Bychkov, James DePreist, Iván Fischer, Valery Gergiev, Marek Janowski, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Noseda, Jonathan Nott, Krzysztof Penderecki, Ilan Volkov, Maxim Fedotov, Vadim Gluzman, Leonidas Kavakos, Shlomo Mintz, Vadim Repin, Isaac Stern, Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, Heinrich Schiff, Yefim Bronfman, Barry Douglas, Hélène Grimaud, Arcadi Volodos, Gábor Boldoczki, Galina Gorchakova. See also Designblok References External links Prague Autumn Web Site Prague Music Festival opened by Czech-Canadian pianist Music festivals established in 1991 Music in Prague Classical music festivals in the Czech Republic Festivals in Prague 1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia Autumn events in the Czech Republic