Ondřej Adámek, Artistic Director of Avant Garda Summer Play has to cancel his visit
The programme of the Avant Chamber Orchestra Summer Music Festival is designed by a different artistic director each year. The festival, which will take place in Porvoo from 27-30 June 2024, will be designed by the Czech Ondřej Adámek . He will play a central role in the festival programme not only as a designer but also as a composer, conductor and musician.
In June, Cologne Opera will also premiere Ines, an opera composed by Adámek. It has just been announced that the conductor originally chosen for the production will not continue to work on this production. He has been relieved of his post on suspicion of serious misconduct.
The surprising and unfortunate situation left Ondřej Adámek with no choice but to take responsibility for rehearsing and directing his work himself in order to get it to the Cologne stage on schedule. The change, which occurred at very short notice, prevents Adámek from taking part in the Avant Garde Summer Concert.
The collaboration between Avant and Ondřej Adámek for the summer festival has been interesting and rewarding. Both the orchestra and the conductor have been looking forward to working together on the Summer Music Festival. It is clear that the current cancellation is a disappointment for both parties. However, Avanti fully understands the reasons for the cancellation and strongly condemns any inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.
Avanti is now frantically looking for replacements for Adámek. The Summer Music Festival will be run as closely as possible to the original programme. However, it is expected that there will be some changes to the programme as a result of staff changes. The updated programme and performers will be announced as soon as possible.
