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Holašovice Peasant Festival brings Czech traditions to life in South Bohemia

Handmade crafts, folk music, and open-air opera: Holašovice’s Peasant Festival revives Czech village life just 20 km from České Budějovice.
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Thalia Awards to be presented tonight at the National Theatre

The annual Thalia Awards ceremony takes place this evening at Prague’s National Theatre, honoring twenty artists for outstanding stage performances. Organized by the…
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130 Years of the Czech Philharmonic, one of the symbols of Czech culture

When Antonín Dvořák conducted the Czech Philharmonic’s very first concert in 1896, few could have foreseen that it would become one of the symbols of Czech culture.
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Game On invites visitors young & old to play through the history of arcade games

A hugely popular exhibition organized by London’s Barbican Centre has just opened at Hall 40 at the Prague Market (Pražská tržnice). Called Game On, it is a must for…
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A brief look at 'protest' music plus the underground scene in Czechoslovakia from 1968 - 1989

Fifteen years ago to the day student protestors took to the streets of Prague demanding an end to one-party rule, kicking off a process that would quickly - far more…
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From a Fulbright Scholarship to a new home: Three Americans who stayed

As the Fulbright Programme marks 35 years in Czechia, three American participants share why their time in the Czech Republic did not end with their scholarships.
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Historian Cynthia Paces on when Prague really was heart of Europe – and her own family’s close ties to city

US historian of Czech heritage Cynthia Paces is the author of Prague: The Heart of Europe, which traces the city’s history from the 10th century to the modern era.
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Prague Philharmonia begins US tour, ending with Carnegie Hall debut

This week, Prague Philharmonia begins a US tour at six venues across the Southeast, culminating at Carnegie Hall. Radio Prague spoke with conductor Emmanuel Villaume.
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London calling: Researcher Erica Harrison on fascinating history of Czechoslovak exile government’s wartime BBC broadcasts

During WWII, the London-based Czechoslovak government in exile had only one method of communicating regularly with its people at home: over the airwaves of the BBC. To…
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History of Czech puppet theatre recalled, Stereolab explain Czech influence on new track

In this week's edition of the Arts a curator of a new museum of puppets and the circus in south Bohemia tells us about the history of puppetry in the Czech Lands. And the…
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Czech Film Archive pairs classic silent films and modern music for cinémathèque festival

Through June, the National Film Archive is presenting Czech films from before the age of “talkies” as part of a wider European project called A Season of Classic Films.
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Daily news summary

Czech Bar Association urges its members to help migrants The Czech Bar Association has urged its members to offer their services to the foreign migrants held in Czech…
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Cimbalom player Matěj Číp on his journey from Moravia to Berklee College of Music

Matěj Číp, a musician from a small village in Moravia, has devoted his life to playing the cimbalom, a hammered dulcimer from Central-Eastern Europe.
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Prague’s “U Hybernů” building sold for half a billion CZK

The historic “U Hybernů” building near Prague’s Powder Tower has been sold in an electronic auction for 447 million Czech crowns.
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“It was year zero”: Miloš Hroch maps ‘90s Czech shoegaze scene in new book

A new book by Miloš Hroch traces the early 1990s shoegaze music scene in this country, when Czech bands made a splash internationally for perhaps the only time.
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A Czech orchestra at the top of its game: Prague Philharmonia performs at Carnegie Hall

The Prague Philharmonia returned to New York this week with a carefully crafted programme at Carnegie Hall, led by chief conductor Emmanuel Villaume.
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Prague’s Respect festival offers cream of world music – but how popular is genre with Czechs?

The Czech Republic’s biggest festival of world music, Respect, is taking place in Prague on Friday and Saturday. In this week’s edition of the Arts, we learn about the…
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Timothy Cheek on Vítězslava Kaprálová: “I believe she would have been a major figure of the 20th century”

US pianist Timothy Cheek appears in a new documentary on Vítězslava Kaprálová. I spoke to him about her legacy and his path to Czech music.
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Epic silent-film era biopic “Saint Wenceslas” screening with long lost musical score

Ahead of the Day of Czech Statehood on September 28th, special screenings of the silent film “Svatý Václav” (Saint Wenceslas), accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of…
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Plaque with names of victims of Charles University shooting unveiled in Prague

A plaque engraved with the names of the victims was unveiled on Sunday at the memorial to those killed in the December 2023 shooting at Charles University’s Faculty of…
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New Czech TV series What If? looks at alternative scenarios of modern Czech history

What would happen if the Czechs still had a monarch? Or if the country’s population was still one-third German? What would be different today if the 1948 communist coup…
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Havel, Kafka or Čapek while you wait for your plane: New ‘poetry jukebox’ unveiled at Prague Airport

A new machine will offer a selection of Czech culture to waiting passengers at Václav Havel Airport.
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Mailbox

This week we read some more views on the role of international broadcasting sent in by our listeners and we announce the winner of our May competition as well as the…
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Iconic Czech singer Marta Kubišová celebrated on special edition of Czech stamps

Marta Kubišová, whose song Prayer for Marta became a symbol of protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, will appear on a special edition of Czech stamps.
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The girl who speaks 17 foreign languages: I see languages as music and colours

Eva Spekhorstova has a passion for languages. At the age of 15 she already speaks 17 languages and has an insatiable thirst to learn more as different cultures open up to…
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