Step into an unforgettable night of elegance on the banks of the Vltava at the iconic Art Restaurant Mánes. Enjoy a festive atmosphere filled with fine dining, live music, and celebration.
A welcome drink & refined Amuse Bouche
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Unlimited Drinks Package – homemade lemonades & juices, soft drinks, coffee & tea, Stella Artois beer, plus a curated wine selection: Chardonnay (Spielberg), Pinot Grigio (Villa Loren, Veneto), Cabernet Sauvignon (La Poesie, Veneto), Merlot (Les Vigneros), and Rosé (Bardolino Chiaretto, Veneto)
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A six-course Gala Dinner crafted by our chef
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Sparkling midnight toast with fresh supplements & festive New Year’s Waltz
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Late-night delicacies and live jazz classics to welcome 2026 in style
Celebrate the arrival of the New Year with the elegance of Mánes, the taste of fine cuisine, and the unforgettable sound of Sinatra.
Welcome Drink
30 minutes
Come Fly with Me
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Love’s Been Good to Me
Rod McKuen
I’ve Got a Crush on You
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Lady is a Tramp
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Jingle Bells
James Lord Pierpont
Witchcraft
Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Cole Porter
30 minutes
Somethin’ Stupid
C. Carson Parks
The Way You Look Tonight
Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
The Man I Love
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Strangers in the Night
Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
I Get a Kick Out of You
Cole Porter
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
30 minutes
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Sonny Bono
From Here to Eternity
Fred Karger, Robert Wells, Hal Winn
Downtown
Tony Hatch
A Marshmallow World
Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
That’s Life
Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
You Only Live Twice
John Barry, Leslie Bricusse
Luck Be a Lady
Frank Loesser
Jazz trio after midnight
30 minutes
Fly Me to the Moon
Bart Howard
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Cheek to Cheek
Irving Berlin
New York, New York
John Kander, Fred Ebb
My Way
Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut (Paul Anka)
00:00
New Year’s Waltz
The Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss
Wiener Blut Waltz
Johann Strauss
00:15 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.
The best of jazz classics
Mánes Jazz Trio plays the most famous jazz standards to warmly welcome the New Year
Welcome Drink and Amuse Bouche
Come Fly with Me
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Love’s Been Good to Me
Rod McKuen
I’ve Got a Crush on You
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Lady is a Tramp
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Jingle Bells
James Lord Pierpont
Witchcraft
Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Cole Porter
Somethin’ Stupid
C. Carson Parks
The Way You Look Tonight
Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
The Man I Love
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Strangers in the Night
Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
I Get a Kick Out of You
Cole Porter
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Sonny Bono
From Here to Eternity
Fred Karger, Robert Wells, Hal Winn
Downtown
Tony Hatch
A Marshmallow World
Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
That’s Life
Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
You Only Live Twice
John Barry, Leslie Bricusse
Luck Be a Lady
Frank Loesser
Fly Me to the Moon
Bart Howard
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Cheek to Cheek
Irving Berlin
New York, New York
John Kander, Fred Ebb
My Way
Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut (Paul Anka)
00:00
New Year’s Waltz
The Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss
Wiener Blut Waltz
Johann Strauss
00:15 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.
The best of jazz classics
Mánes Jazz Trio plays the most famous jazz standards to warmly welcome the New Year
Goat cheese, Orange bread, beetroot, apple, nuts
Foie gras parfait, cherry gel, nuts, toasted sourdough bread
Pea cream, creme fraiche, sprouts, fava beans
Beef tenderloin steak, foie gras, wild broccoli, Madeira sauce, truffles French fries
Tuna fish fillet, shrimp, beluga lentils with crispy vegetables, red curry sauce, coriander
Mánes cake (gluten-free cake with cherries, marzipan and chocolate)
Lemon sorbet
Goat cheese, Orange bread, beetroot, apple, nuts
Our Ravioli with ricotta, sage beurre blanc with parmesan, spinach oil
Pea cream, creme fraiche, sprouts, fava beans
Grilled goat cheese, beetroot hummus, grilled golden beets, dried cranberries
Mánes cake (gluten-free cake with cherries, marzipan and chocolate)
Lemon sorbet
Pea cream, creme fraiche, sprouts, fava beans
Our Ravioli with ricotta, sage beurre blanc with parmesan, spinach oil
Sweet mini dumplings with vanilla custard
Lemon sorbet
7:30 p.m. – Arrival
Welcome Drink and Amuse Bouche
8:00 p.m. – Starter
8:30 p.m. – First Part of the concert
8:50 p.m. – Soup
9:20 p.m. – Second part of the concert
9:50 p.m. – Lemon Sorbet
10:20 p.m. – Third Part
10:40 p.m. – Main Course
11:10 p.m. – Fourth Part of the concert
11:30 p.m. – Dessert
11:58 p.m. – New Year’s Toast
00:00 – New Year’s Waltz
00:05 – Midnight ham with lentils
00:15 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. – The Best of Jazz Classics
Welcome Drink
30 minutes
30 minutes
Organizer reserves a right to make changes in the program and performers
He has presented numerous concerts and performances in the Czech Republic and abroad (Florence, Milan, Rome, Aalborg, Aarhus, Artstetten). He is a laureate of several singing competitions, a finalist of the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition and the absolute winner and holder of the Czech Radio Award at the International Song Competition B. Martinů. Since May 2015, he has been a guest at the National Theatre Opera, and has also appeared at the Divadlo F. X. Šalda Theatre, Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre, he has been a guest at the National Theatre Moravian-Silesian Theatre and others. His concert activity is also rich. In addition to his songwriting, he has collaborated with a number of important chamber ensembles, such as the Bennewitz Quartet, the Epoque Quartet and others. He has also sung as a soloist with leading Czech orchestras and performed at major Czech music festivals.
Sophia Lamoš is a Czech jazz singer born in Austria. In 2010 she moved to Prague, where she soon became involved in the Czech music scene. One of her first successes was a solo performance with the Prague Film Orchestra at the Rudolfinum in Prague in 2012. Soon she and her sister formed the swing band HOT SISTERS. With this band they released the CD “Swing is my king”, sang and played in the film Lída Baarová and now they are collaborating with Petr Kroutil and his Original Vintage Orchestra. Their professional history also includes collaborations with international singers such as Lorenzo Thompson (Chicago) and Chuck Wansely (Los Angeles).
After studying contrabass, new media and sound design at the Prague Conservatory and at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Dalibor pursued a career as a double bassist as well as sound direction and DJing. Since 2008 he has been concertmaster of the double bass section of the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and regularly works with the Philharmonie Salzburg. He founded the duo Technophobix, officially sponsored by Yamaha Instruments. From 2005 to 2010 he worked at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg as an assistant professor for sound design and new media. In 2011-12 he was concertmaster of the double bass section of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Spain. Since 2013 he has been the artistic director of the Live City agency. He is also interested in composition and musical arrangement.
Versatile Czech musician blending classical training with jazz innovation, acclaimed for her expressive piano compositions and electrifying performances on global stages. The Czech pianist whose performances have been described as “fiery, expressive, eloquent, and stubborn.” With international recognition as a composer and pianist, Barta has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. Her concerts bring a unique blend of classical training and jazz innovation, standing out at prestigious festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzahead!, and many others. Kristina Barta began her musical journey as an oboist before transitioning to the piano and becoming a prominent member of the Euroradio Jazz Orchestra. Her talent has been recognized across Europe, winning several prestigious awards, including first place in a jazz composer’s competition in the Czech Republic in 2016 and an award for exceptional piano skills at the Powiew Młodego Jazzu festival in Poland in 2017. With three albums under her belt, “EMA29”, “Love and Passion,” and “Endless Questions and Answers“ Kristina recently recorded her latest album “Red Landscape,” featuring seven original compositions and two arrangements of Czech and Ukrainian folk song. Currently, Kristina Barta is working on a new album for jazz sextet featuring David Doružka on guitar, Jure Pukl on saxophone, and a symphony orchestra in collaboration with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Barta is also director of Prague Impro Room festival that she founded in 2024.
Radek Žitný studied the clarinet at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He studied saxophone at the Prague Conservatory and the Leonard Bernstein Institute in Vienna. He extended his education with doctoral studies, music therapy courses in London and Nuremberg and jazz courses in Boston and Chicago. He plays in several bands and orchestras, where he performs classical, swing and jazz music. He is currently a music teacher at the Biskupská and Taussigova Elementary Schools in Prague and at the private music school Hudebnílekce.cz. He also deals with non-musical topics. So far he has written several books on cultural and historical topics, lectures on the history of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and post-war retributions, and is the author of dozens of entries in music and historical dictionaries and a number of radio programmes. In his spare time he works as a guide in museums of the Czechoslovak First Republic fortifications and records testimonies of witnesses of the totalitarian period.
Graduate of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. He currently works as a teacher at the Duncan Centre Conservatory, and is also a lecturer at the International School of Music and Fine Arts and the ZUŠ Brandýs nad Labem. He is a member of many musical ensembles such as David Kraus & Gipsy Brothers, Jen, Votchi, Patrola-Šlapeto, Věra Špinarová Tribute, Anna W. Quintet, Partyleaders, Metropolitan Jazz Band (feat. Eva Eminger), Hot Jazz Praha (feat. Jitka Vrbová), Veronika & Band, Nikoleta Spalasová & Revelation, Kentonmania Big Band, Milan Matoušek & SPAM, Golden Big Band Prague, Milan Černohouz & Band. He has also been a guest at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice and is currently a studio player.
He has presented numerous concerts and performances in the Czech Republic and abroad (Florence, Milan, Rome, Aalborg, Aarhus, Artstetten). He is a laureate of several singing competitions, a finalist of the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition and the absolute winner and holder of the Czech Radio Award at the International Song Competition B. Martinů. Since May 2015, he has been a guest at the National Theatre Opera, and has also appeared at the Divadlo F. X. Šalda Theatre, Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre, he has been a guest at the National Theatre Moravian-Silesian Theatre and others. His concert activity is also rich. In addition to his songwriting, he has collaborated with a number of important chamber ensembles, such as the Bennewitz Quartet, the Epoque Quartet and others. He has also sung as a soloist with leading Czech orchestras and performed at major Czech music festivals.
Sophia Lamoš is a Czech jazz singer born in Austria. In 2010 she moved to Prague, where she soon became involved in the Czech music scene. One of her first successes was a solo performance with the Prague Film Orchestra at the Rudolfinum in Prague in 2012. Soon she and her sister formed the swing band HOT SISTERS. With this band they released the CD “Swing is my king”, sang and played in the film Lída Baarová and now they are collaborating with Petr Kroutil and his Original Vintage Orchestra. Their professional history also includes collaborations with international singers such as Lorenzo Thompson (Chicago) and Chuck Wansely (Los Angeles).
Klára Klánská (2004) started playing the violin at the age of five under the guidance of Prof. Ludmila Štětinová. During her studies she participated in many competitions. Her most important achievements include winning the national round of the MŠMT competition (2014 and 2017), 2nd prize in the International Competition of PhDr. Josef Micky in Prague (2013, 2014, 2017), 2nd prize in the Archetti in Moravia competition in Kroměříž and 1st prize in chamber music at the Talents for Europe competition in Dolny Kubin, which she won in duo with her brother Adam. As the winner of the Talent of Prague 5 competition she also performed solo with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia Orchestra. She has been working with the same orchestra since September 2023 as a member of the Orchestral Academy. In 2022 she won the Václav Hudeček Academy in Luhačovice and in the following years she performed as a soloist with the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra and the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra. She is now a fifth year student at the Prague Conservatory, where she studies with Prof. Pavel Kudelásek.
She studied piano at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Prof. Ivan Klánský and chamber music at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Avedis Kouyoumdjian. She is a laureate of many Czech and international competitions. She has many successful recitals, chamber performances and concerts with leading Czech orchestras. She has participated in international master classes under the direction of A. Kouyoumjian, P. Jasmin, J. Meissl, E. Epshtein, V. Ashkenazi, I. Klánský and M. Perrahia. As a soloist she has collaborated with the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic, the Pilsen Philharmonic, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic. She has recorded a CD of solo works by P.I. Tchaikovsky. She is an active and long-standing chamber music and piano collaborator with many leading Czech soloists and singers. She is currently working at the Prague Conservatory and HAMU.
After studying contrabass, new media and sound design at the Prague Conservatory and at the Universität Mozarteum in Slazburg, Dalibor pursued a career as a double bassist as well as sound direction and DJing. Since 2008 he has been concertmaster of the double bass section of the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and regularly works with the Philharmonie Salzburg. He founded the duo Technophobix, officially sponsored by Yamaha Instruments. From 2005 to 2010 he worked at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg as an assistant professor for sound design and new media. In 2011-12 he was concertmaster of the double bass section of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Spain. Since 2013 he has been the artistic director of the Live City agency. He is also interested in composition and musical arrangement.
Program večera je složen ze skladeb od známých skladatelů první poloviny 20. století. Patří mezi ně Jaroslav Ježek (v sále se nachází klavír, na kterém zde hrával), xxxx. Zpívat a hrát vám budou skvělé sestry Lámošovi a doprovázet je budou známí pražští jazzmani jako Antonín Šturma (basa), Jiří Polydor (klavír) a Jan Štolba (saxofon).
Uvítací nápoj
Jaroslav Ježek – Bugatti Step
Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose
Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big
Polévka
Jaroslav Ježek – Bugatti Step
Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose
Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big
Hlavní
chod
Jaroslav Ježek – Bugatti Step
Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose
Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big
Dezert
Jaroslav Ježek – Bugatti Step
Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose
Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
Fats Waller – Your Feet’s Too Big
20 minut
„Swing Coctail“ – Jaroslav Ježek
„Sing, Sing, Sing“ – Benny Goodman
„In the Mod“ – Glenn Miller
„Take the A train“ – Duke Ellington
20 minut
„It Don´t Mean a Thing (I fit Ain´t Got That Swing)“ – Duke Elllington
„Jumpin´at the Woodside“ – Count Basie
„Moonlight Serenade“ – Glenn Miller
„Chattanooga Choo Choo“ – Glenn Miller
20 minut
„Mánes boogie“ – Doris Lamoš
„Stompin´at the Savoy“ – Chick Webb
„Tuxedo Junction“ – Glenn Miller
„Begin the Beguine“ – Artie Shaw
Změny programu a účinkujících koncertu jsou vyhrazeny.
Uvítací nápoj
20 minut
„Swing Coctail“ by Jaroslav Ježek
„Sing, Sing, Sing“ by Benny Goodman
„In the Mod“ by Glenn Miller
„Take the A train“ by Duke Ellington
20 minut
„It Don´t Mean a Thing (I fit Ain´t Got That Swing)“ by Duke Elllington
„Jumpin´at the Woodside“ by Count Basie
„Moonlight Serenade“ by Glenn Miller
„Chattanooga Choo Choo“ by Glenn Miller
20 minut
„Mánes boogie“ by Doris Lamoš
„Stompin´at the Savoy“ by Chick Webb
„Tuxedo Junction“ by Glenn Miller
„Begin the Beguine“ by Artie Shaw
30 minutes
Come Fly with Me – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Lady is a Tramp – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Jingle Bells – James Lord Pierpont
Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
30 minutes
Somethin’ Stupid – C. Carson Parks
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Strangers in the Night – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
30 minutes
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Sonny Bono
From Here to Eternity – Fred Karger, Robert Wells, Hal Winn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
A Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
That’s Life – Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
You Only Live Twice – John Barry, Leslie Bricusse
Luck Be a Lady – Frank Loesser
30 minutes
Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
I Got Rhythm – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
New York, New York – John Kander, Fred Ebb
My Way – Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut (Paul Anka)
00:00 – New Year’s Waltz
The Blue Danube Waltz – Johann Strauss
Wiener Blut Waltz – Johann Strauss
00:15 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. – The best of jazz classics
Mánes Jazz Trio plays the most famous jazz standards to warmly welcome the New Year
Organizer reserves a right to make changes in the program and performers
