Culture
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Josef Suk: Fantastic Scherzo
The third part of our video series on Czech Music Greats is devoted to the Fantastic Scherzo by Art Nouveau composer Josef Suk, pupil and son-in law of Antonín Dvořák.
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Siřem: the real inspiration for Kafka’s ‘The Castle’?
In the last episode of ‘In Kafka’s Footsteps’, we visited Frýdlant, believed to have inspired his novel ‘The Castle’. But there is another contender to be reckoned with.
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Decision to keep Soviet-era sculpture at Prague’s Anděl metro station “a compromise”
If you’ve taken the metro to Prague’s Anděl station, you may have noticed a bronze sculpture that reads ‘Moskva-Praha’.
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“More than 100 buildings are open to the public”: Open House Prague kicks off
Open House Prague, the week-long festival where many buildings throughout the city normally closed to the public open their doors, kicks off this week.
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May 12, 1884: Czech music great Bedřich Smetana dies
One of the greatest Czech composers, Bedřich Smetana, known as "the father of Czech music," died on this day, 140 years ago.
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Hit maker Petr Hapka, one of the most significant composers of Czech film music scores
Singer and songwriter Petr Hapka, one of the most significant composers of Czech film music scores, would have turned 80 this week.
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The Sudetenland town believed to have inspired Kafka’s ‘The Castle’
Frýdlant, a town of about 7,400 inhabitants, certainly has a Kafkaesque feeling about it – and its castle is thought by some to be the inspiration for his last novel.
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“That’s how his literature got into my stomach!” Arnošt Lustig’s daughter on new book about his life
Eva Lustigová, daughter of the great Czech Jewish writer Arnošt Lustig, speaks about a new graphic novel dedicated to her father.
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Aiko ready to rock Eurovision semi-finals
Singer song-writer Aiko will represent Czechia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her empowering song called Pedestal.
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Berliner Philharmoniker to open this year’s Prague Spring music festival
The 79th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival gets underway in the Czech capital next Sunday with a performance of Bedřich Smetana’s My Country.
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Locksmith-turned-sculptor wows locals with his work
Karel Raab trained as a locksmith in view of taking over the family firm, but his yearning to create art was stronger.
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Eye of God restored to Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
A stained glass window with the Eye of God, which most likely hidden by a priest during the communist regime, has been discovered and restored to the church in Kunratice.
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