Culture
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Czech music scene mourns loss of violinist and folk musician Jitka Šuranská
Czech violinist and folk music singer Jitka Šuranská passed away this week at the age of 41. The three-time Anděl Award winner trained as a classical violinist, but she…
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Cold War “king of Šumava” story brought to life in new film by Irish director
One of the highlights of this year’s Jihlava festival of documentary films was the Czech premiere of Kings of Šumava, which combines real interviews with animation to tell…
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Czech Radio building among new national cultural monuments sites symbolising the struggle for…
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the Ministry of Culture will designate seven sites as ‘national cultural monuments’. All of them are tied to the…
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Roma children’s choir Chavorenge and members of the Czech Philharmonic to perform in UK
The Romany singer Ida Kelarová and her Chavorenge Children’s Choir together with musicians from the Czech Philharmonic will perform a concert at the Phoenix Concert Hall…
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Plamen issuing ‘Steel Strings and Iron Curtains’ album of Kryl, Nohavica tunes in English for…
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, an eclectic group of musicians based in the United States has recorded a special album of songs written by Czech…
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Prague’s legendary Semafor theatre celebrates 60 years
This week marks 60 years since the foundation of the legendary Semafor theatre in Prague, established by the song-writing duo Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr. The theatre, which…
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Hana Hegerová – the voice of Czechoslovak chanson
Hana Hegerová, who is sometimes nicknamed the Czechoslovakia’s Edith Piaf, celebrated her 88th birthday this month. Known for her ability to dramatically interpret lyrics…
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Velvet Revolution and East European docs focus of 23rd Jihlava festival
The 23rd edition of the annual Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival gets underway on Thursday evening. Over the course of the next five days, the festival will…
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Ondřej Sekora: Ferdy the Ant creator and rugby promoter
Ondřej Sekora is perhaps best-known as the author of the beloved cartoon character Ferda Mravenec or Ferdy the Ant. But Sekora was more than just an illustrator and comics…
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Jan Rubeš: On the revolution, Zappa, Dallas – and coaching Jagger
Czechoslovakia’s new-found freedom was underlined in August 1990 by a concert at Prague’s Strahov Stadium by the Rolling Stones, who became the first major Western band to…
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First recording of long-forgotten Dvořák opera King and Collier
The Dvořák Prague Festival held in September offered opera buffs a special treat: a performance of the generally unknown opera King and Collier, from Dvořák’s early period…
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Stories of Czechs in America told through pictures
In a book just out, the renowned Czech author and illustrator Renáta Fučíková tells the story of Czechs in North America. The idea to chronicle stories of Czech immigrants…
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