Dvořák Festival: CONCERT for 4 Hands and 4 Feet

An organ concert performed by Václav Metoděj Uhlíř and Václav Uhlíř – both performers play together on the organ of Hejnice Basilica, with one controlling the manuals and the other the pedals, or alternating in various combinations. The concert is titled "for 4 Hands and 4 Feet", capturing this unusual four-handed and four-footed organ performance.

Václav Uhlíř is the organist of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, a pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory, and titular organist and regens chori at the Royal Collegiate Chapter on Prague's Vyšehrad, where he co-founded and artistically directs the international festival Organ Vyšehrad. He has performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, North Bohemian Philharmonic Teplice, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles. He collaborates intensively with flutist Eva Prchalová and violinist Šárka Petříková, with whom he founded the ensemble NiTrio. His performances have been recorded by Czech Television and Czech Radio.

The specific programme will be announced. The concert takes place under the patronage of the Roman Catholic parish priest of Hejnice as part of the Dvořák Festival in the Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary – one of the most significant Marian pilgrimage sites in Bohemia, Lusatia, and Lower Silesia. Admission: 150 CZK, tickets available in advance at smsticket.cz.