The eighth annual Prague Proms open on the Wenceslas Square

Lord Mayor of Prague Mr. Bohuslav Svoboda will officially open the eighth annual Prague Proms on Saturday June 9, at 8 PM. The stage on the Wenceslas Square will host the Czech National Symphony Orchestra with their Best of Hollywood Nights, conducted by Tomáš Brauner.

On June 16, top trumpeter and Grammy Award winner Nicholas Payton will in the world premiere introduce his new composition especially written for Prague Proms and entitled Black American Symphony. The CNSO will be conducted by Maestro Steven Mercurio, and the program includes also works by Gershwin and Bernstein.