We Support Culture

Since its establishment in 2002, Colours of Ostrava has become one of Europe’s biggest music festivals. It offers visitors a diverse, four-day programme on several stages located in the Dolní Vítkovice industrial zone in Ostrava. Česká spořitelna is the festival’s general partner. Since 2017, it has also been the partner of Meltingpot, a fascinating discussion platform that has become an integral part of the festival. This year our clients can take advantage of a CZK 500 discount on admission to the festival. Every client can purchase up to two discounted tickets. The number of tickets is limited, however, so act fast.

We financed the construction of the Rudolfinum, the current home of the Czech Philharmonic, in 1875. We celebrated the 190th anniversary of Česká spořitelna together with the Czech Philharmonic in September 2015 and we officially commenced our collaboration. As a result, Česká spořitelna’s clients can obtain a 5% discount on tickets both at the Rudolfinum box office and online. All one has to do is produce a debit or credit card issued by Česká spořitelna.

Smetana’s Litomyšl is one of the largest classical music festivals and Česká spořitelna has been sponsoring the event since 1992. We became the festival’s general partner in 2012. The event’s programme focuses on operas, concert performances of operas, gala concerts, song evenings and ballet. The festival also features symphonic, instrumental and chamber music. The weekend programme is intended primarily for families with children, offering fairy tales and competitions in addition to concerts, and admission is free of charge for everyone.

Our Erste Private Banking brand supports the ZUŠ Open programme for elementary music schools, a programme organised by the Magdalena Kožená Endowment Fund to promote music education as an important part of a child’s development. We also support the  Jarmila Novotná Festival. Jarmila Novotná was a former soloist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.