Proměny Brněnského varhanního festivalu

Abstract

The presented publication brings knowledge about the cultural-historical development of the festival, dramaturgical concept, choice of artists, the character of concert instruments, etc. The first chapter contains a cross-section of the 40-year history of the festival (Judita Kučerová). The historical study is followed by 3 chapters, first including the personal memories and experiences of the contemporary dramaturg and festival organizer Hana Bartošová. The essay on the organist's mission as a concert artist was contributed by the founder of the organ festival, prof. Alena Veselá, former rector of the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno and still active concert organist. The chapter on the concert organs, which the individual music evenings are played, was prepared by P. Jan Martin Bejček, OSB. The last part of the collective monograph consists of overviews of concerts held since the first years of the festival (Hana Bartošová), then in the period when the artistic and financial patronage of the Brno Organ Festival was taken over by the Club of Moravian Composers (Marek Sedláček) and an overview of non-Brno concerts (Hana Bartošová). The text has a source nature, the authors draw on preserved written documents and interviews with witnesses and festival organizers.

Development of the basic school network in Czechia in the last three decades: Changes and current challenges

“…To sum-up the results of the description of school network development in Czechia, firstly the number of schools over the last three decades can be described as relatively stable. A certain exception is the beginning of the 1990s, which, however, can be perceived more as a remedial transformation of the planned development during the communist regime (Hampl et al 1999, Kučerová 2012and Kučerová et al 2020. The most dynamic trend can be identified as the increase in the number of private schools, again corresponding with the transformation of Czech society towards a geopolitically Western one (cf.…”

“…Over a long time period, the basic school network in Czechia has witnessed significant changes (see e. g. Kučerová 2012). From the beginning of the second half of the 20th century until the fall of the communist regime in the Cze-choslovakia in 1989, a downward trend in the number of basic schools can be observed with variable intensity.…”

“…In the last three decades, the school network can be described as relatively stable in the context of long-term development and spatiality, the changes are rather random (Kučerová et al 2020). In the early 1990s, a slight increase in the number of schools can be notable in response to the withdrawal of large population-based birth cohorts and the restoration of local governments (Kučerová 2012). During the centralisation practices of the communist regime, a large number of municipalities were administratively merged with higher central municipalities.…”