Topic Archive Culture
Bellamy Moon - a dynamic up-and-coming band from Prague
In this edition of our Sunday Music Show, we feature Bellamy Moon, a young
Prague-based band whose tunes are sure to make even the most reserved
concert goers dance - or at least tap their foot. More
Martin Palouš and his role in a Havel absurdist drama
The Václav Havel Library was initially set up in 2004 just after President
Havel ended his final term of office. The idea was that it would become a
focal point for Havel’s legacy, bringing together material connected with
his life and work and with the principles that Havel embraced as
playwright, dissident and president. But where does the library go now that
Václav Havel has died? David Vaughan talks to Martin Palouš, who took over
as director of the library just a few months before Havel’s death in
December. More
The Prague Police Museum - an institution that explores the history of police and crime in Czech lands
Tucked away in a former monastery in Prague’s Nové Město, the Czech
Police Museum boasts a fascinating permanent exhibit exploring the history
of Czech police, the development of criminology, infamous murder cases and
much more. Sarah Borufka went along and has this report. More
Laco Deczi – Jazz and real life in Prague and New York
American jazz trumpet player Laco Deczi - born in Czechoslovakia – needs
little introduction, especially for anyone familiar with the world of jazz.
At 73, Deczi hasn’t let up one bit – most recently playing a month-long
tour in his homeland. Despite a busy schedule, Laco took time off to come
to Radio Prague’ studio; in this week’s Arts he discusses everything
from life in New York to his spring tour. More
Petr Váša – avant-garde rocker turned ‘physical poet”
In Sunday Music Show, you have a chance to follow the career of Petr
Váša, one of the most original figures of the Czech musical scene. From
his early days of avant-garde rock to his ‘physical poetry’, Petr
Váša has explored some of the lesser known corners of popular music with
his energetic, disquieting and sometimes rather eccentric creations. More
The story of a successful Fine Arts studio
It was almost two years ago that then-fresh graduate Nina Mainerová set
out with a colleague to open a professional architectural studio. But soon
after their launch, the bills piled up and they were forced to modify their
plans. First, they began offering preparatory classes for students applying
to university; then they extended their workshops to include drawing and
painting. More
Concert, screening at Prague’s Lucerna to mark day against racism
March 21st is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination and to mark the occasion organisers from Opona, a non-profit
NGO, have helped put together an exhibition, screening and concert to take
place on Wednesday afternoon and evening at Prague’s Lucerna. Several
notable Czech artists, including Ester Kočičková Xindl X, and the Tap
Tap are taking part. More
Leoš Válka – founder of Prague’s DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Leoš Válka is one of the founders of the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
in Prague’s Holešovice district, which in just a few years has become
one of the most important institutions of its kind in Central and Eastern
Europe. Válka has a perhaps surprising background for such a significant
figure in the Czech art world: for several years he ran a firm in Australia
doing maintenance work on high-rise buildings. More
Sylvie Bodorová, born a composer
This week's Sunday Music Show takes a well-earned look at Sylvie Bodorová,
one of the main figures of Czech modern classical music for the last 30
years. Her compositions have been performed on every continent in that
time, including Antarctica. She is one of few female composers whose work
is a staple of classical musical festivals the world over and is featured
on more than two dozen albums. More
“Sala’s Gift”: a whole war in a tin box
You will probably not have heard of Gross Sarne, Brande, Blechhammer or
Schatzlar, but these are places that should be remembered. They were all
Nazi slave labour camps in World War Two. The last on that list, Schatzlar,
or Žacléř as it is known in Czech, was in what is now the Czech
Republic, in the part of north-eastern Bohemia annexed by the German Reich
in 1938. Few people in this country, even among the inhabitants of
Žacléř itself, know that the camp even existed, but a new book should
help to put that right. The daughter of one of the survivors has just been
in the Czech Republic, to launch the Czech edition of her book “Sala’s
Gift”. The book tells her mother’s story, drawing richly from Sala’s
own memories and from several hundred letters that, against all odds,
survived the war. David Vaughan tells the story. More
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