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Legendary Czech footballer appears in music video

A Czech-British ska band called The Chancers has featured legendary Czech footballer Antonín Panenka, along with a number of other Czech celebrities, in one of the group’s…
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61st Prague Spring Music Festival underway

This Thursday saw the start of the famous Prague Spring Festival opened by the Czech Philharmonic performing works by J. B. Foerster, Otakar Ostrcil, and Antonin Dvorak…
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A look at the history of the Sokol movement in Canada

In this Czechs in History we'll be looking at one of the most famous and enduring Czech organisations ever, the patriotic athletics body known as Sokol - or Falcon - a…
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When Prague connected with Tokyo: The first digital radio broadcast 40 years ago

In November 1985, Czechoslovak Radio made history by digitally broadcasting a Prague Symphony concert live via satellite to Tokyo—a milestone in global radio.
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Seniors in the classroom

They say we never stop learning. This week three students from Prague's Centre for Life-Long Learning celebrated birthdays over 90—their combined age, an incredible 274…
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Inaugural Music on Film Festival opens in Prague

This weekend, Prague is hosting its first-ever Music on Film - Film on Music Festival. This event hopes to excite the city's denizens with a sizzling showcase of films…
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New music school brightens Terezin's dark legacy

The Czech town of Terezin was the infamous site of a Nazi "show camp" for Jewish detainees during the Second World War. In order to convince the International Red Cross…
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Concertino Praga - the future of classical music in Europe

We often hear about who's going to be the next big thing in pop music, but for the world of classical music, the young artists who represent the future often don't receive…
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A museum that records the wealth of Romani history and culture

If you go to Bratislavska Street, just outside the old centre of Brno, you'll find a museum that is unique of its kind in the Czech Republic. Amid the crumbling tenement…
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‘Say It to Me Quietly’ wins Hit of the Century Music Poll

From January till May Radio Prague listeners had the opportunity to hear 100 songs which have gone down in the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. And…
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Czech Radio History Part II: Day One

This year Czech Radio celebrates its eightieth anniversary and Radio Prague, which is part of the public-service broadcaster, is dedicating a short series to the eight…
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Prague Spring International Music Festival to be held on-line

For the first time in its history the Prague Spring International Music Festival will be held on-line. Approximately ten concerts will be streamed on the festival’s web…
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Theodore Whang - an American music teacher in Prague

In One on One Jan Velinger's guest is Ted Whang - an American music teacher and English teacher of Korean, Japanese, and Czech descent, who has lived and worked in Prague…
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Lovers of brass-band music gather in Central Bohemia

One of the possibilities for such a low voter turnout at the European Parliament Elections over the weekend may have been due to competing events. The 2004 International…
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The Plastic People of the Universe - living their philosophy through music

The sound of cult rock group, The Plastic People of the Universe, formed in Czechoslovakia in 1968, following the Soviet Invasion. The music scene in fact had flourished…
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Czech music business sees double digit growth

The revenues of Czech music business increased last year by 11 percent to 834 million crowns, according to a press release by the Czech branch of International Federation…
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Sir Charles Mackerras on his love of Czech music

The 58th International Prague Spring Music Festival ended this week, featuring many distinguished musicians from all over the world and also the Czech Republic. As part of…
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The Rajko Ensemble: celebrating the influence of Romany tradition on classical music

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…
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The Rajko Ensemble: celebrating the influence of Romany tradition on classical music

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…
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Free Indonesian music unlike anything heard in Europe

Many Indonesians arrived in the Czech Republic during the 1960s, and later political changes in their home country prevented them from ever returning. In the last few…
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“A milestone in history” – 1990 Prague Rolling Stones concert remembered

Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of a legendary Rolling Stones concert at Prague’s Strahov Stadium.
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Czech Radio History Part VII - Czech Radio stations

After 1989, Czechoslovak Radio, just like almost every other institution in this country had to find a new identity. Almost overnight, it ceased to be the voice of the…
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Prague exhibition marks 900 years since the death of medieval chronicler Cosmas

A new exhibition on Cosmas opens in the Mirror Chapel of Prague’s Klementinum, marking 900 years since the death of the country’s most famous chronicler.
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Three generations of a Prague musical family talk to Radio Prague

The years of German occupation and decades of communist rule that followed have given music a very special role in Czech society. Amid censorship and political…
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Czech Museum of Music celebrates Dvořák's 170th birthday

It’s September, and all other anniversaries aside, that means the birthday season of the genius Antonín Dvořák. Had the Czech musical maestro lived to his deserved age he…
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