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Czech conductor makes dream come true with appointment at London Philharmonia Orchestra
Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has made a dream come true after being been appointed one of the two principal guest conductors at the London Philharmonia Orchestra. Hrůša…
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Czech guitar virtuoso Lubomír Brabec captivates audiences worldwide
Lubomír Brabec is one of the country’s most brilliant guitarists and many rank him among the best guitar plyers in the world. In a career spanning over four decades he has…
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Pavel Mandys: Milking the Magnesia Litera awards to the maximum
Next week, books in the Czech Republic will have their moment in the media limelight. Czech Television will be screening a glitzy awards ceremony for this country’s best…
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Twenty years since Kolya won Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Exactly 20 years have passed since the independent Czech Republic celebrated its first ever Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie was Kolya, a surprise…
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Brian Eno presents “first three-dimensional song” in Prague installation
Among an impressive range of new exhibitions at the Czech National Gallery’s Trade Fair Palace is an installation by the UK artist and musician Brian Eno. Though Eno is…
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Febiofest: Prague’s biggest film festival aims to satisfy both cineastes and mainstream audiences
Febiofest, Prague’s biggest film festival, gets rolling on Thursday night. Now in its 24th year, the event is bringing a number of noteworthy movie names to the Czech…
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English translation key to Czech books also reaching other language markets, says Czech Literary…
Petr Janyška is the head of the Czech Literary Centre, a recently created state agency that aims to promote the country’s writers internationally. Originally a translator…
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Czech jazzman Ondřej Pivec features on Grammy-winning album
Czech organist and jazz musician Ondřej Pivec features on this year’s Grammy Award-winning album Take Me to the Alley by Gregory Porter. The Czech musician, who currently…
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Step back into pre-war and First Republic era in Municipal House cafe
Prague’s Municipal House is one of the gems of the city’s rich Art Nouveau architectural history. And the complex’s café is one of the best ways of getting a taste of pre…
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Ignoring refugee plight “tragedy and crime”, says Ai Weiwei ahead of opening of huge new work in…
A major new exhibition by the Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei opens in Prague on Thursday evening. The show is centred around an enormous recreation of a lifeboat…
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Extensive renovation of Prague State Opera set to begin
The management of Prague’s National Theatre this week symbolically launched the planned renovation of the State Opera. The project is set to cost 858 million crowns and…
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Graphic artist scripts her own success story
Petra Dočekalová is a graduate of the Typography Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Her calligraphy thesis, in which she developed her own…
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