Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:26:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/home-town-marketa-irglova-celebrates-her-oscar-success-8598749© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe young Czech musician Markéta Irglová charmed many around the world with her winning appearance at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, where she and her Irish partner Glen Hansard took the award for best original song for Falling Slowly. Markéta, who only graduated from secondary school last summer, is from the quiet south Moravian town of Valašské Meziříčí. However, perhaps it isn’t so quiet at the moment: local people have been celebrating her wonderful success – and are now considering how they should honour the 19-year-old. Irena Brauwerová works at the Town Hall in Valašské Meziříčí and is an old friend of the Irgl family. I spoke to her earlier.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/hansard_irglova4.jpg?timestamp=1591380169 https://english.radio.cz/home-town-marketa-irglova-celebrates-her-oscar-success-8598749 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9