Kuks – Hexen – Aria is a sonata for piccolo trumpet, trumpet and organ (or piano) composed in 2017 by the Slovak composer Juraj Filas. The work was premiered in August 2017 during the Hudební léto Kuks festival by trumpeter Marek Zvolánek and organist Pavel Svoboda.

Inspired by the historic site of Kuks, renowned for its Baroque heritage and mysterious sculptures, this composition immerses the listener in a world that is at once dramatic, mystical and deeply expressive. Through the evocation ...