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Young Belarusians flock to Poland's Basowiszcza festival to hear music groups banned at home

The name Basowiszcza was coined in 1989 from the abbreviation containing the first letters of the organiser, the Belarusian Association of Students (BAS) which gathers…
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Sacred music to fill Brno churches over next two weeks

The annual Easter Festival of Sacred Music gets underway this weekend in Brno. Over the two Easter weeks it will bring concerts to various venues around the city.
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Encore: Jan Jelinek - "glitch" from the cracks, pops and hisses of vinyl

Dig through your collection and put on a dusty piece of vinyl and listen to it crackle and pop. There is something warm and comforting about those tiny imperfections that…
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Encore: From Saint Ludmila to a Tea Cantata: what to look forward to at the Prague Spring International Music Festival 2004

Once again it's time for the Prague Spring International Music Festival - one of Central Europe's major musical events - now in its 59th year. The festival always opens…
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‘A soul full of clockworks’: Patrik Pařízek on the timeless appeal of mechanical, musical artistry

Patrik Pařízek is a specialist on historical clocks and mechancial music. So specialised, in fact, he struggled to find a university that would let him pursue a PhD in it.
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Book mapping repression of long-haired men in 1960s launched at music festival

A new book about how the Communist authorities targeted young men with long hair in the 1960s was launched at the Open Air Festival in the east Bohemian town of Trutnov on…
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Terezín composers remembered: Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas and Hans Krása

Eighty years ago, three hugely talented Jewish composers Pavel Haas, Hans Krása and Viktor Ullmann were gassed in Auschwitz.
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Oral history project builds up picture of Brno cinema experience

Prague last week hosted the 16th International Oral History Conference. And among the dozens of seminars, workshops and presentations, there was one about an ongoing…
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“Havel fed them poems”: New book dives deep into history of Plastic People

A new book explores in depth the history and releases of underground legends the Plastic People of the Universe, the jailing of some of whose members sparked Charter 77.
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Ana Maria Janků: promoting Czech music is a link to my past

Ana Maria Janků was born in Argentina, but her link to her roots and in particular to Czech classical music is strong, thanks to the influence of her Czech parents. Today…
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Daphne Carr - American music writer and scholar teaching at Charles University

Daphne Carr is an American music expert and writer. The focus of her research is not classical but popular music, a field that only recently has garnered attention from…
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Museum in Cedar Rapids traces the journey of Czechs and Slovaks through history

Sitting in a living room during World War II; lying on a bunk in a steam ship on your way to America or standing in Wenceslas Square among the thousands of protesters at…
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Acclaimed pianist and composer Dan Tepfer on classical music, improvisation, and jazz

In this week’s Arts, our guest is the New York-based jazz pianist and composer Dan Tepfer, who has received great acclaim for his take on J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations…
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What better setting for a festival of heavy metal, punk and electronic music than the grounds of an 18th century fortress?

Brutal Assault is one of the best-known festivals of heavy or extreme music in the Czech Republic – from black metal to hardcore punk. Every year, it takes place within…
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Prague’s Allstar Refjúdží Band celebrates decade of eclectic music at Archa Theatre

The Archa Theatre in Prague is renowned as a space where artists and companies from around the world meet and cooperate on projects ranging from contemporary dance…
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Encore: Thirty-six Czech fugues and Janacek in search of his musical identity

In this edition of Encore we hear from a Czech master of the fugue and we feature a recording of a fascinating early orchestral piece by Janacek, sounding very different…
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Plzeň launches Freedom Festival commemorating WWII liberation by US troops

Plzeň in western Bohemia on Friday opens its traditional Freedom Festival, commemorating the end of the Second World War and the liberation of the city by American troops…
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Czechia’s most accomplished harpist Kateřina Englichová

Kateřina Englichová is one of the most sought after European harpists of her generation. She has appeared on stages in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Rome and Paris.
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Lenka Horňáková-Civade: From time to time history comes into the kitchen

Milan Kundera is not the only Czech novelist who has chosen to write in French. The writer and painter Lenka Horňáková-Civade has been in France for the last twenty years…
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Making culture accessible to all: Prague’s Jewish Museum opens concerts to people with dementia

Prague’s Jewish Museum is now expanding its cultural program to include concerts designed specifically for people with dementia.
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Yale Strom: you can’t play Klezmer music - 'grey notes' - on the piano

Yale Strom, a professor and artist-in-residence in the Jewish studies programme at San Diego State University, is something of a modern-day renaissance man. Steeped in Old…
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Prague’s Hanau Pavilion – pricey restaurant with interesting history and great city views

On the edge of Prague’s Letná plain, overlooking the Vltava and the Old Town, stand several remarkable buildings from the Belle Époque when Prague was hoping to become the…
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The Czech Yugo fan: Broadcaster, journalist and tutor Daniel Sywala on Czech-Serbian relations and promoting ex-Yugoslavia

Journalist, broadcaster and tutor Daniel Sywala discusses his work promoting former Yugoslavia, as well as Czech-Serbian relations and the historic protests in Belgrade.
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No respect for borders from Quakvarteto.

Music experts who follow the endlessly surprising musical output of violin improviser and innovator Iva Bittova would agree that one of her most sophisticated recordings…
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THE BEST OF CZECH CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART 4: Largo, from Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Czech classical music is not only a part of national culture and history, but also of the nation’s soul. This year we have prepared a series on the renowned hits of Czech…
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