David Vaughan

Kumar Vishwanathan is originally from southern India. He was leading a quiet life as a teacher in a provincial Czech town when in 1997 disastrous floods swept through the…

It is the dream of every musicologist to rediscover a lost work by a great composer. This is just what happened to Eva Velicka from Prague. Four months ago while…

On Monday evening thousands of Czech children were thrilled and terrified by angels and devils, as they celebrated Saint Nicholas' Day. This is the time when the Christmas…

Nearly fifteen years have gone by since I made my first programme for Radio Prague. It was about Czech Cubist architecture, and I interviewed the rector of Prague's…

Do you sometimes wish you could have more time? If so, then you might like to visit a new exhibition where it is most definitely not in short supply. David Vaughan reports…

In Encore this week we look at a new recording of the "Bohemian Bach"; we also review a recording of Smetana's piano music, composed during his time in Sweden, and a CD of…

Christmas is drawing close - and in this most Christmasy of countries - one of the first signs of the oncoming season is always the annual ritual of preparing the…

If you want to give someone a really stylish Christmas present that gives you a taste of the very best of Czech design, then I think I have just the thing for you. A…

The Gypsy fiddler is an enduring Romany stereotype, but we often forget there are also many Romany classical musicians and that in Central Europe the Romany tradition has…