Culture
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Czechia returns to Milan Triennial after fifty-year break
After a break of nearly 50 years, the Czech Republic will be participating in the Milan Triennial, a prestigious international showcase for contemporary artists and…
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Jazz organist Ondřej Pivec on making it in New York: Don’t ask questions – just learn it all and be…
Ondřej Pivec plays organ with one of the biggest stars in world jazz, singer Gregory Porter. This makes Pivec, who is in his mid-30s, perhaps the most successful non…
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Punk’s not dead
The roots of Czechoslovak punk stretch 40 years back, to a concert of an alternative band called Extempore. The gig took place on February 23, 1979 in a Prague pub U…
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Czechs go global with poetry social network
A free global network for poets and poetry lovers, developed in the Czech Republic, has recently been launched in the United States. Called Poetizer, it allows its users…
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Banned 1954 documentary on Tibet returns to cinemas
More than sixty years after its premiere, a unique Czech documentary from Tibet, made in the early 1950s, returns to Czech cinemas on Tuesday. Called Cesta vede do Tibetu…
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Violin virtuoso Václav Hudeček and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: the most successful classical recording…
Václav Hudeček got his first violin at the age of five and at 15 he performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The exceptionally talented young man studied at the Prague…
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Majda Kallab Whitaker: Dvořák’s recognition of African-American influence was “very controversial”
The Dvořák American Heritage Association is one of a number of organisations based at the Bohemian National Hall in New York. Its impressive Dvořák Room houses a rich…
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‘Golden Kid’ Václav Neckář still going strong at 75
Czech pop-singer Václav Neckář is perhaps best-known for his role of Jiří Hrma in the Oscar-winning film Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel. He enjoyed his biggest…
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New Jerusalem exhibition to spotlight Czech glass design
Cross the Line is the title of a new exhibition of Czech and Slovak contemporary glass design that runs from Sunday in the Czech House Jerusalem. The exhibition is a joint…
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Student Oscar winner Marie Dvořáková: The fact Hollywood comes calling doesn’t mean it’s the right…
In 2017 director Marie Dvořáková followed the likes of Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis and her compatriot Jan Svěrák in winning the Student Academy Award for her film Who’s Who…
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Czech incentives scheme paying off in attracting foreign film & TV productions, film tourism
Foreign filmmakers and TV crews spent nearly 5 billion crowns last year in the Czech Republic, a jump of nearly two billion crowns compared to 2017. With the state having…
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Divokej Bill’s wild celebration
Czech folk-rock band Divokej Bill recently celebrated 20 years of existence with 18,000 fans cheering in a sold-out O2 arena. The band, which hails from the town of Úvaly…
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