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German orchestra performs at opening of Prague Spring for first time

The opening concert of the 70th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival took place at the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House on Tuesday evening. The…
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Hungary's Armenian minority says language is the key to culture

Central Europe's chaotic history, with empires falling and borders going up and coming down has left many minorities stranded - living in the place where their people have…
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Zlín - the town that Baťa built

In this edition of Spotlight,we visit the south-east Moravian town of Zlín, a city famous for its footwear and film industries as well as for its rich heritage of folk…
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Milan Hlavsa - legendary Plastic People frontman remembered

January 5th marks ten years since the death of Czech underground music legend Milan Hlavsa. At the age of just 49 in 2001, the frontman for The Plastic People of the…
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Czech Ambassador to Ethiopia Pavel Mikeš: ‘If you wait long enough, an egg will walk on two legs’

Pavel Mikeš, the Czech Ambassador to Ethiopia, studied African History and Linguistics at Charles University in the 1980s. Despite not being allowed to travel to the…
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Zlin - the town that Bata built

In this edition of Spotlight,we visit the south-east Moravian town of Zlin, a city famous for its footwear and film industries as well as for its rich heritage of folk…
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Czech Philharmonic to broadcast live for the first time in Czech and Slovak cinemas

For the first time in history, a concert by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra will reach an audience of thousands in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This weekend the…
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First ‘candidates’ mull presidential bids

Czech-American economist Jan Švejnar, businessman (and music industry legend) Michal Horáček and others have let themselves be heard they are considering running in the…
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Political dissent in Czech animation, from Jiří Trnka’s ‘Cybernetic Grandma’ to Jan Švankmajer’s ‘Greedy Guts’ and beyond

Film Studies lecturer Adam Whybray has written a history of Czech animation focusing not only on the craft bu in the oft hidden, ambiguous or subversive messages therein.
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2023 Colours of Ostrava festival to be bigger than ever

The Colours of Ostrava music festival, due to be held from July 19 -July 22nd, will showcase nearly 70 foreign bands and over 40 local performers, the festival's…
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Actor, comedian and writer Jan Werich was born 100 years ago

Jan Werich, one of the most famous and best-loved Czech actors and comedians would have turned 100 this Sunday. Werich is probably best-known for his theatre performances…
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Dálava: Even Czechs don’t know some words in the songs we do – that’s how old they are

Many musical projects have noteworthy origin stories. But Dálava’s is truly one of a kind. Julia Úlehla and her musical and life partner Aram Bajakian began performing…
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Lou Reed tribute highlights links between Velvet Underground and Velvet Revolution

US musician Lou Reed, who died in October, is set to be remembered at a special tribute concert at Prague’s Archa Theatre on Wednesday featuring local acts such as the…
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Trekkies sell out Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall

Fans of cult series Star Trek will be flocking to Prague’s Rudolfinum Concert Hall on Wednesday night to hear tunes from their favourite films and episodes live, including…
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“Everything’s new”: Prague’s Metronome festival returns after three years

The music festival Metronome Prague kicks off on Thursday for the first time in three years, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck and Underworld among those performing.
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Plans underway for first Czech museum dedicated to former German speaking minority

The first German speakers settled in the Czech lands in the 13th century, and in the interwar period there were around three million ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia. That…
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Participants explain appeal of Czechtek as police move against illegal festival

There was drama on Monday night, when the police began a large-scale operation to shut down Czechtek, a huge illegal techno music festival which this year has been taking…
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The neglected wealth of Roma writing in the Czech Republic

Once again a very warm welcome to Czech Books. Now if somebody asks you about Romany or "Gypsy" culture in Central Europe you'll most probably think first and foremost of…
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Prague Autumn, Kampa Museum

In this week's Arts, Dita Asiedu invites you to the Prague Autumn International Music Festival and speaks to Meda Mladek, thanks to whom the Kampa Museum for Central…
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Anne Marie Kenny: From singing at Havel’s invitation to business in ‘90s Prague

Singer Anne Marie Kenny first came to Prague in 1990 at the invitation of Václav Havel, who facilitated a concert for her, before later having business success in the city.
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Czech-English photographer Ray Baseley on his art, activism and standing with Belarus

Photographer Ray Baseley's 'day job' has long been as a coordinator for civic initiatives and protest groups, such as Million Moments and We Stand Behind Belarus.
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Historian discusses key moments in 200-year existence of Prague Conservatory

The Prague Conservatory – teaching music and acting – is one of the oldest and most remarkable secondary schools of its type in Central Europe. Dating back roughly 200…
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Twentieth Namest nad Oslavou folk festival begins Saturday

This year's Folkove Prazdniny, or Folk Holidays, festival begins in Namest nad Oslavou in south Moravia on Saturday. Among the main attractions will be Irish singer Glen…
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Digital radio switched on in Czech Republic

10:55 on Thursday morning was an important occasion in the history of radio in the Czech Republic as it was the exact moment that full digital broadcasting was launched in…
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Antonín Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’ – an ‘American’ anthem that delighted, divided a nation (pt.1)

As head of the National Conservatory in NYC, Dvořák came to believe “Negro melodies” should be the basis for a distinct American classical style, reigniting heated debate.
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