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Current AffairsTwo very different exhibitions offer insights into the life and work of Leos Janacek
Last week we reported from the Czech Republic's second city of Brno on a
major festival devoted to the Czech composer, Leos Janacek. But the
festival isn't the only event under way in the city related to the
Moravian capital's greatest musical son. This year is the 150th
anniversary of the composer's birth, and on Friday two new exhibitions
opened in Brno, devoted to Leos Janacek. David Vaughan spoke with the
director of Brno's House of the Arts, Jitka Vitaskova.
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Current AffairsJanacek fever hits Brno
Janacek fever has hit the Czech Republic's second city, the Moravian
capital, Brno. This year sees two major anniversaries in connection with
Leos Janacek, one of the giants in the history of Czech music and perhaps
Moravia's greatest son. It's the 150th anniversary of his birth, and this
week is the 100th anniversary of the premiere in Brno of one of Janacek's
greatest works, the opera, Jenufa. The Moravian capital is marking the
event in style, as David Vaughan reports from Brno.
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ArtsArts news, Exhibition on Czech Musicians
In this week's Arts, Dita Asiedu looks at some of the developments on the
Czech cultural scene and talks to a Foreign Ministry representative about
a travelling exhibition that presents four of the country's finest
musicians to the world.
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Czech BooksThe enchanting but real world of Karel and Josef Capek's "Fairytales"
This week we're going to be looking at a very special area of Czech
writing, children's literature. I'm delighted to have with me in the
studio Monika Voskova, who is a translator of - amongst other writers -
Muriel Spark, J.M.Coetzee, and in children's literature Paul Zindel and
Judy Bloom. She also teaches in the English Department of the Charles
University's Pedagogical Faculty, where she specializes in children's
literature. And the book we'll be discussing specially is
"Fairytales" by Karel and Josef Capek, which exists in an
English version published by Albatros.
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Press ReviewPress Review
There's only one star of today's Press Review, and that is of course the
Japanese robot Asimo. Yes, robot fever has hit the Czech Republic this
week, and the papers are full of him. Asimo shaking hands with Prime
Minister Vladimir Spidla, Asimo standing proudly by the side of Japanese
PM Junichiro Koizumi, Asimo declaring a toast of friendship between robots
and humans: could this be the most successful official visit ever to the
Czech Republic?
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Czechs in HistoryLeos Janacek
It's time now for this week's edition of Czechs in History, and this week Nick Carey takes a look at the life of Czech composer Leos Janacek...
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Czechs in HistoryKarel Capek
And now it's time for the next edition in our series Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous people throughout the history of the Czech Lands. In this week's Czechs in History, Nick Carey takes a look at author and journalist Karel Capek...
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