New releases planned for Jiří Šlitr birth centenary next week

The centenary of the birth of the great Czech musician and actor Jiří Šlitr next Thursday will see fresh releases of his recordings and the publication of his first biography, Doktor Klavír (Doctor Piano), the book’s author, Lukáš Berný, told the Czech News Agency.

Šlitr and his collaborator Jiří Suchý were closely associated with Prague’s ground-breaking Semafor theatre, with the pair making a major mark on Czech pop music and theatre in the 1960s. However, Šlitr died in 1969, aged only 45.