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Folk singer Jana Vébrová: the girl from the windmill
This week Radio Prague’s Sunday music show profiles Jana Vérova - a
young musician whose music is both raw and poetic and deeply rooted in her
place of birth –the former Sudetenland. Although she has recorded just
one album she regularly plays at festivals around the country and has a
strong following of devoted fans. More
Charlie Straight, the young Czech Britpop (or Indy pop) band
My guests today are two members of the Czech band called Charlie Straight.
They are a group from the town of Třinec, and were founded in 2006. But,
they don’t play Czech folk music or Czech rock music – they play
English Britpop and they even sing in English. More
Czech pop group Charlie Straight heads to London on eve of Olympics
The Czech music group Charlie Straight is in London set to perform at the
Czech House cultural centre on the eve of the start of the Olympic Games. More
Pop goes the idol
In 2004, commercial broadcaster TV Nova launched the first edition of Cesko
hleda superstar (the Czech version of American Idol), which launched the
careers of several singers, most notably that of the competition’s winner
Aneta Langerová, whose first album Spousta andelů (Many Angels) achieved
broad success. More
‘Peoples band’ Divokej Bill will celebrate 15 years of existence
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we talk to guitarist Roman
Procházka, from the famous Czech band Divokej Bill, who says the band is
working on a new album and will tour in the UK this year. In the show we
also discuss what it’s like to tour in England and why it is important
for a band to keep a close relationship with its fans. More
Ostrava band Buty releases much awaited new album, Duperele
After a six-year break, the unconventional and eccentric pop band Buty has
released a new album, Duperele, and it seems the wait was well worth it.
The band’s eighth studio album found Buty in top form, combining their
original, playful and stylistically eclectic music with innovative and
witty lyrics. Have a listen in this edition Sunday Music show. More
Pianist Rudolf Firkušný as remembered by his students
This special programme is dedicated to one of the world’s foremost 20th
century pianists Rudolf Firkušný. This year music lovers around the
country are celebrating the centenary of the birth of one of its most
famous sons –a virtuoso par excellence who was moreover one of the last
direct personal links to some of the country’s greats – Leoš
Janáček, Bohuslav Martinů, Josef Suk, Alfons Mucha but also president
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. More
Composer/conductor Rudolf Mazač discusses ‘Jazz Bridge’ festival
Today’s guest in the Arts is Czech-German composer and conductor Rudolf
Mazač, who heads a big band orchestra dedicated to the works of Stan
Kenton and other jazz greats. In 2004, Rudi Mazač founded Jazzový most
(or Jazz Bridge) a festival bringing together international musicians in
selected towns and cities in the Czech Republic and Germany. The festival
returns to Prague next month. In our interview Rudi talks about line up
this year as well as the initial idea behind the long-running project. More
Joan DeVee Dixon and her affinity with Czech music
Sunday Music this week is dedicated to Joan DeVee Dixon, pianist, organist
and composer from Maryland in the US who performs mainly Czech and American
music. Joan frequently tours the Czech Republic and performs at the annual
American Spring music festival organized by the International Dvorak
Society. She has moreover composed a Czech heritage mass for the Czech
expat community in Spillville, parts of which you can hear in today’s
show. More
Joan DeVee Dixon on her love of music, her special affinity for this country and her plans for the future
Joan DeVee Dixon, pianist, organist, composer and Professor of Music at
Frostburg State University in Maryland was one of the star performers at
this year’ American Spring music festival organized by the International
Dvorak Society. Joan, five-time recipient of the prestigious Individual
Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, is a prized musician who
gives concert tours the world over, but despite a packed schedule, she has
returned over and over to the Czech Republic. Earlier this week she came to
the studio to talk about her music, her special affinity for this country
and her plans for the future. Like many famous musicians her love of music
manifested itself at an early age. More
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