The first concert wind chime in the Czech Republic: The Opening Concert

The Czech bell-maker Petr Rudolf Manoušek, in cooperation with the Dutch company Koninklijke Eijsbouts B.V., in whose bell-foundry he cast the bells, and with the Belgian company Clock-O Matic N.V., which will supply the electronics and automated playing system for the bell-ringing machine, is ready to complete this unique musical instrument, which will be the first stably located concert bell-ringing machine in the Czech Republic that meets the current international requirements for this instrument.

One of the main initiators of this project, the composer and our best carillon player Radek Rejšek, has already prepared the sheet music, which contains the basic repertoire of the Hradec bell organ for live and automated playing, and has also started to gather around him a group of future carillon players. Thanks to its parameters, however, the Hradec bell organ will not only be a local affair, but will also attract great foreign musicians. Among them will certainly be one of the world's best carillonneurs, Boudewijn Zwart, who is also a great supporter of our Hradec Králové Carillon project and has already given us two benefit performances in Hradec Králové on his mobile carillon.

The bell performance will take place on July 5, 2025.