Culture
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A visit to Bethlehem Chapel
In this week's Spotlight, Dominik Jun visits Bethlehem Chapel in Prague, a monument to Jan Hus painstakingly rebuilt during the 1950s.
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‘Peoples band’ Divokej Bill will celebrate 15 years of existence
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we talk to guitarist Roman Procházka, from the famous Czech band Divokej Bill, who says the band is working on a new album and will…
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Caspe, Bellová discuss Prague Playhouse production of Sweeney Todd
In today’s Arts my guests are American actor and producer Brian Caspe (who is also the artistic director of the Prague Playhouse) and Czech actress Veronika Bellová just…
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Fireman’s Ball re-release highlights lag in Czech film restoration
Since the advent of the DVD video format in the late 1990s, many countries around the world have been re-mastering and restoring their respective movie archives. With the…
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Ostrava band Buty releases much awaited new album, Duperele
After a six-year break, the unconventional and eccentric pop band Buty has released a new album, Duperele, and it seems the wait was well worth it. The band’s eighth…
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Olga Walló: a Bohemian tale
In Czech Books this week, David Vaughan meets the poet and novelist, Olga Walló. In recent years she has become something of a literary phenomenon in the Czech Republic…
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Pianist Rudolf Firkušný as remembered by his students
This special programme is dedicated to one of the world’s foremost 20th century pianists Rudolf Firkušný. This year music lovers around the country are celebrating the…
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"A place where Czech artists can meet their German public” – director Monika Štěpánová about the…
Since January 2012, the Czech Center in Berlin has a new director: Monika Štěpánová, who previously headed the Czech Center in Bucharest and is a passionate supporter of…
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47th Karlovy Vary Film Festival gets underway
The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicked off in the west Bohemian spa town on Friday. At the opening ceremony, the British actress Helen Mirren was…
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Composer/conductor Rudolf Mazač discusses ‘Jazz Bridge’ festival
Today’s guest in the Arts is Czech-German composer and conductor Rudolf Mazač, who heads a big band orchestra dedicated to the works of Stan Kenton and other jazz greats…
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Joan DeVee Dixon and her affinity with Czech music
Sunday Music this week is dedicated to Joan DeVee Dixon, pianist, organist and composer from Maryland in the US who performs mainly Czech and American music. Joan…
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Paul Wilson’s Bohemian Rhapsodies
Any history of Czechoslovakia’s dissident movement in the 1970s will include more than a passing reference to the writer, editor and translator Paul Wilson. Originally…
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