Formed in 2005 as the resident chamber orchestra for the biennial Ostrava Days, Ostravská banda consists of young musicians from Europe and the U.S. whose primary interest is the performance of new music. Principal conductors are Petr Kotík, Roland Kluttig, Ondřej Vrabec, Johannes Kalitzke, and Rolf Gupta. Conrad Harris (New York) serves as the orchestra‘s concertmaster. The repertoire includes composers of the 20th century: John Cage, Morton Feldman, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Edgar Varèse, Iannis Xenakis and our contemporaries Louis Andriessen, Petr Cígler, Petr Kotík, Bernhard Lang, Alvin Lucier, Tristan Murail, Phill Niblock, Salvatore Sciarrino, Wolfgang Rihm, Martin Smolka, Peter Graham, Petr Bakla or Christian Wolff. Apart from regular performances at Ostrava Days festivals, Ostravská banda tours and performs at such venues as the Paris Conservatoire, Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center (NY), Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Vredenburg in Uttrecht, Prague Spring Festival, musicadhoy in Madrid and at NODO / New Opera Days Ostrava, where it serves as the festival’s opera orchestra. Ostravská banda is renowned for its ability to perform even the most complex of 20th and 21st century works and has been the inspiration behind various composers‘ new pieces.