The popular group Čechomor, which is celebrating the 25th anniversary this year, will play on the eve of the official closing of the IMF Český Krumlov 2013. The concert in Český Krumlov will therefore be a congratulatory concert and the band has invited some important guests for this occasion – singer Lenka Dusilová, American guitarist Gerry Leonard, and the Japanese musician Joji Hirota, who will play taiko drums and shakuhachi flute. Songs from the successful record “Proměny” will be sung. The band Čechomor, which has achieved fame thanks to its original interpretation of Czech, Moravian, and Slovak popular songs, came to existence in the spring of 1998 as the “First Czechomoravian Independent Music Company”. The band’s current name is derived from the name of the album Čechomor, which was released in 2000. The music of Čechomor extends beyond the borders of genres and states – the band often cooperates with and performs with exclusive guests during its tours, including Tony Levin, Gerry Leonard, Suzanne Vega, and Jaz Coleman, under whose leadership the band recorded the abovementioned award-winning record “Proměny”. And as a proof of the fact that Čechomor´s music can be performed on stages from which we normally hear classical music, let us mention the concert at the Rudolfinum, to which Čechomor invited the Collegium of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra or the successful concert at the National Theatre. In Český Krumlov the Smíchov Chamber Philharmonic and Kühn’s Choir Prague will perform together with the band.