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Dan Brown on new thriller: “Prague is custom-made for Robert Langdon”

The bestselling American author Dan Brown has set his newest thriller in Prague. What drew him to the Czech capital? Which Prague landmarks inspired the plot?
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Erotikon: A Czechoslovak silent classic returns with epic orchestral accompaniment

Few Czech silent films are as renowned as Erotikon, directed by Gustav Machatý in 1929. The provocative romance has now been digitally restored.
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Police vs. ravers: Šimon Šafránek on how CzechTek culminated in violence

Šimon Šafránek is the creator of a new podcast on CzechTek, an unauthorised techno music event that culminated in 2005 in clashes between police and participants.
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President Pavel urges dialogue, warns against war fatigue

In an exclusive Czech Radio interview, President Petr Pavel discusses NATO, Ukraine, political polarization and his dispute with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
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Elias Grandy on leading the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra into its 100th season: “It’s a mixture of excitement and honour”

Prague Radio Symphony unveils its 100th season as Elias Grandy takes over as chief conductor, sharing highlights and his vision for the orchestra’s future.
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National Museum undergoing major renovation

The historic building of the National Museum overlooking Wenceslas Square is undergoing a major renovation that is set to end in 2018. The museum has had to relocate…
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Celebrating Czechoslovak Independence Day with a rendition of Smetana’s My Country

The Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK traditionally marks Czechoslovak Independence Day with a concert featuring Smetana’s cycle of symphonic poems My Country (Má vlast).
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The Jewish Museum in Prague celebrates 30 years since its return to the Jewish community

This Sunday at the Spanish Synagogue, the Jewish Museum in Prague celebrates 30 years since the museum was put back into the care of the Czech Jewish community.
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Encore: Jaroslav Jezek 1906-1942 - a great Czech composer who defies categorization

Jaroslav Jezek is one of the legends of Czech 20th century music. His jazz composition "Dark Blue World" lent its name to a film, released in 2001, about Czech pilots…
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From besieged Gaza to Hungarian rap: One World film festival brings the globe to Prague

The 28th edition of the One World film festival gets underway in Prague on Wednesday night with a screening of the Hungarian documentary Meant to Be.
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“Other places and languages become possible”: Oxford scholar Rajendra Chitnis on the value of studying Czech literature

Dr Rajendra Chitnis is the University of Oxford’s champion of Czech, each year enthusing new cohorts of students with his love for the language and its literature.
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Daniel Žižka takes Eurovision stage with Crossroads

Eurovision is underway and Czechia’s hopes rest on 23-year-old Daniel Žižka, who performs Crossroads in Thursday’s semi-final in Vienna.
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Interactive museum on life and times of Mozart opens in Prague

A new interactive museum presenting the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time, opened to visitors in Prague on Friday…
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St. Martin in the Wall: one of Prague's oldest—and most welcoming—churches

In the latest Prague Off the Beaten Track we visit St. Martin in the Wall, where medieval Prague and the Hussite story come alive.
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Leaning church or the deepest-sounding bell? Night of Churches invites to explore and reflect all across Czechia

Night of Churches, which takes place this Friday, is an annual nationwide event that gives visitors access to church interiors that are normally inaccessible.
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Villa Arnold and its connection to the world-famous Tugendhat and Löw-Beer villas

In the close vicinity of the world-famous Tugendhat and Löw-Beer villas, the Villa Arnold from 1862 has been beautifully restored thanks to the Brno City Museum.
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From Sydney to Bohemia: Unique toy collection donated to Chrudim museum

The Puppet Museum in Chrudim, East Bohemia, has received a remarkable gift: a collection of tin toys created by Czech stage designer and artist Jan Červenka.
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Zdenek Fibich - the master of the melodrama

Today we look at the least known of the founding trilogy of Czech classical music in the 19th century, that's Zdenek Fibich, who is now remembered very much in the shadow…
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Bedřich Smetana's masterpiece My Homeland

My Homeland is a cycle of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
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Bedřich Smetana and his world-famous opera The Bartered Bride

The third part of our video series on Czech Music Greats is devoted to the work of one of the giants of Czech classical music Bedřich Smetana.
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Encore: Jan Ladislav Dusik - a truly pan-European Czech composer

In this week's Encore we're going to be talking about a fascinating late eighteenth century Czech composer, who led a colourful life in various European cities: Jan…
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Karel Gott retro exhibition charts success of Czech pop icon

An ambitious floating exhibition has opened in Prague with the target of at least equalling some of the new style of shows devoted to rock and pop greats such as the…
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Geraldine Mucha: still composing at 88 and guarding the legacy of the most famous painter in Czech history

Even if you have never heard of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha, you will almost certainly have seen his work. He is probably the defining artist of the Art Nouveau period…
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Vyšehrad Cemetery: Prague’s National Pantheon

Vyšehrad Cemetery is Czechia’s national pantheon, where some of the country’s most remarkable figures rest.
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Violin virtuoso Václav Hudeček and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: the most successful classical recording in the Czech Republic’s history

Václav Hudeček got his first violin at the age of five and at 15 he performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The exceptionally talented young man studied at the Prague…
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