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Passing on history to young Poles through music

Poland's Solidarity trade union movement and the early anti-communist movement have a lasting place in the memory of many Poles. But the way in which workers' protests or…
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Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša wins two 'classical music Oscars' for opera and concerto of the year

The winners of this year’s Gramophone awards include the Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, who won in the categories of opera and concerto.
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The best of Czech classical music: Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance No. 7

The Slavonic Dances stood at the beginning of Antonín Dvořák’s international fame.
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“Not just about music”: Khamoro festival highlights diversity of Romani culture

Although it is billed as “the world’s largest professional Romani festival”, Khamoro is by no means your typical Romani festival.
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The early music ensemble Ginevra brings history to life

The music ensemble GINEVRA specializes in early music, drawing on Irish and Scottish melodies and composing their own songs inspired by local legends. The group’s name…
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Czech Easter music – from carols to cantatas

In the Czech Republic, celebrations of the moveable holiday of Easter combine Christian traditions and age-old pagan customs. Music plays an important part in the…
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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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Prague exhibit explores role of music in modern Czech history

From the Hussite wars of the Middle Ages to the Velvet Revolution of 1989, many pivotal events in Czech history occurred against a musical backdrop, at least in the nation…
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“It’s like familiar music in my brain.” Czech summer course students on learning the language

As every year, dozens of students from all over the world arrived in Czechia to take part in this year’s edition of the annual Summer Czech Course for Expats.
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March 2, 1824: Czech music titan Bedřich Smetana is born

One of the greatest names in the history of Czech music, Má vlast composer, Bedřich Smetana, was born exactly 200 years.
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V+W+J - three letters that changed the history of Czech music

In this month's Music Profile, we go back in time to the 1930s and the Liberated Theatre, where political satire and dadaist cabaret collided head on to a soundtrack of…
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Musical instruments of all eras exhibited in former church

A violin made in the 17th century by the famous Italian violin-maker Nicolaus Amati, and many other outstanding musical instruments are part of the collection at the Czech…
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Hradec Králové: city where history meets modernity

Hradec Králové, which lies on the confluence of the Labe and Orlice rivers in north-east Bohemia, is one of the oldest and historically most significant Czech cities.
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Václav Havel International Airport to get facelift

Chapman Taylor, a studio of international architects and designers, is to transform Prague’s Václav Havel International Airport with the aim of giving it a strong Czech…
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Prague Spring Music Festival in full bloom

Spring has come again to Prague and with it the Prague Spring Festival. For those of you not in the know, think not flowers and spring showers, but rather Mendelssohn…
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Rosa Bohemica brings Czech music from early Baroque to swing to forgotten castles and churches

Rosa Bohemica is not your typical arts festival in that it doesn’t just take place in one location, but in 13 spread out over four Czech regions.
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100 Years with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra: The story of an orchestra that changed Czech Radio

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is celebrating 100 years. In this five-part series, we trace its path from modest beginnings to nation-wide acclaim.
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Magic Carpet: Gypsy music - a rediscovered heritage?

Folk songs from Eastern Europe were a strong inspiration for the great composers Leos Janacek and Bela Bartok. Both of them travelled through the countryside - Janacek in…
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Lost and found: 1935 passion play music score preserved in family archive

The town of Hořice has a long tradition of passion plays maintained by the local inhabitants. One such family helped save and preserve a valuable music score from 1935.
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Katerina Englichova and the harp: not just the music of angels

After her 1998 solo concert in New York's Weill Recital Hall, the New York Times' critic described the young Czech harpist Katerina Englichova's playing as "feisty", with…
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Czechs in History

In this edition of Czechs in History, Nick Carey takes a look at the life of composer Josef Suk.
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The Radovljica Festival

Every year the small Slovenian town of Radovljica hosts a classical music festival that features both older and contemporary pieces. The 22nd annual Radovljica music…
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Sunday Music Show

In today’s edition of our Sunday Music Show, we listen to music by singer Marta Kubišová, one of the country's best loved performers, whose song A Prayer for Marta has…
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Encore: The Agon Orchestra: bringing experimental music to wider audiences

Welcome to Encore, our monthly look at the world of Czech classical music. Today we're going to be departing from the security of Dvorak or Smetana, and delving into the…
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Czechs in History

A poet, writer, journalist, fast and merciless polemist but also an outstanding dancer, ironical skeptic and lonely hypochondriac - all this can characterize Jan Neruda…
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