Date: Saturday, 8 September 2012
Venue: Prague Congress Centre
Time: 19:00
Join the official Opening Ceremony of the 24th ECP in the Forum Hall/Congress Hall of the Prague Congress Centre. During the ceremony, there will be words of welcome by the ESP President and performances of Czech entertainment to get the ECP participants in the mood for the congress in Golden Prague. The Opening Ceremony will be followed by a Welcome Reception at the Congress Centre, in the exhibition in the Foyers on the 2nd Floor, with local food.
Date: Monday, 10 September 2012
Venue: Estates Theatre
Time: 20:00
The Estates Theatre, centrally located between the Old Town Square and the Wenceslas Square, is regarded as one of the most beautiful historic theatre buildings in Europe and dates from 1783. It was designed by Anton Haffenecker and built in little less than two years for the aristocrat František Antonín Count Nostitz Rieneck. The building itself was constructed in a Neoclassical style and remains one of the few European theatres to be preserved in its almost original state to the present day.
The name of W. A. Mozart is forever linked to the building. The musical genius, whose fortunes of life, art inspirations and work had such a dramatic impact on the city of Prague, personally conducted the premiere of Don Giovanni in 1787 at the Estates Theater to a packed house. Mozart operas – Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Cosi fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro – are still in the repertoire. You will get to enjoy Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni during an exclusive ECP performance, which you can book tickets for.
Cost contribution per person (ESP Member): EUR 25
Cost contribution per person (Non-ESP Member): EUR 50
Register here.
Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Venue: St. Agnes Monastery
Time: 20:00
Join the Grand Finale of the 24th ECP – the Congress Party at the impressive St. Agnes Monastery. This convent, together with neighbouring St. Francis Church, is probably one of the most ancient Gothic buildings and significant convents in Bohemia. It is located in the Old Town of Prague. St. Agnes of Bohemia Convent is a complex of two main buildings – the convent of Poor Clares and a small Franciscan monastery. You can find there also St. Francis Church, the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Agnes’s private oratory, St. Barbora’s Chapel and Premyslid’s mausoleum of Holy Saviour.
The convent and the church were built between 1231 and 1234. The King Wenceslas I. and later on the Pope, took the convent under their protection and gave it many privileges. At that time, the convent was of the most modern buildings in Prague. The nuns left the convent during the Hussite’s movement. The convent, as many others, was abolished in 1782 and since then the building decayed.
St. Agnes Convent was restored in the 20th century and belongs to the National Gallery in Prague. An exhibition of medieval Central European, especially Czech, art is placed there nowadays. During the party, you will enjoy a buffet dinner and DJ music will get people in the mood for dancing.
Cost contribution per person (ESP Member): EUR 10
Cost contribution per person (Non-ESP Member): EUR 50
Register here.