WASBE PRAGUE
July 19–23, 2022
In honor of Karel Husa
(1921 – 2022)
Join us to celebrate 100 + 1 years since the
birth of Karel Husa in his hometown.
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WASBE Conference
WASBE Conference is a unique festival of symphonic wind music, hosting the best wind bands and ensembles, conductors, musicians and music experts from around the world. This biennial event has taken place in different cultural centres all over the globe for the last 40 years.
The WASBE Conference Prague 2022 will be a special one, thanks to its link to Karel Husa, the Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most important composers for symphonic wind, and also because of its unique location on an island in the heart of his beloved Prague.
The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) is the only international organization of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music. It is completely dedicated to enhancing the quality of wind bands throughout the world and exposing their members to new worlds of repertoire, musical culture, people and places.
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The event takes place under the patronage ofMiloš ZemanPresident of the Czech RepublicMiloš VytrčilPresident of the Senateof the Parliament of the Czech RepublicMarkéta Pekarová AdamováPresident of the Chamber of Deputiesof the Parliament of the Czech RepublicZdeněk HřibLord Mayor of PraguePetr HejmaMayor of the District of Prague 1Martin BaxaMinister of Culture of the Czech RepublicIvan BartošMinister of Regional Developmentof the Czech RepublicVít RakušanMinister of Interior of the Czech RepublicJana ČernochováMinister of Defence and Armend forces of the Czech RepublicJan LipavskýMinister of Foreign Affairsof the Czech RepublicIn cooperation withMedia partners
