Padesátá léta (1950s)
A new exhibition in the Historical Building of Prague's National Museum introduces visitors to a dark decade of Czechoslovak history when the country was decimated by totalitarianism and controlled by... Read more »
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National Museum Prague Václavské náměstí 68, Prague, Czech Republic
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Srdce napůl (Heart in half) book launch
Institute of Directors 116 Pall Mall, London, United KingdomThe UK launch of the book Srdce napůl (Heart in half) written by Professor Jan Marek, MD, PhD, FESC, Consultant Paediatric and Prenatal Cardiologist and Clinical Lead for Echocardiography, Great... Read more »
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Czech and Slovak émigré architects in Britain
Czech Embassy 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonThe talk is being given by John East, an expert in the field and the 20th Century Society photographer. In 2021 he gave The Friends a sweeping review of Czech... Read more »
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Kukal Quartet
Czech Embassy 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonTo celebrate the Year of Czech Music, the Czech Centre presents the UK debut of the Kukal Quartet, with a repertoire centred around Smetana's last chamber music work, premiered in... Read more »
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BCSA children’s art & literary competition
Calling all young artists and writers. The BCSA competition is back! This year you can express yourself in LITERARY or ART form. Literary entries should be in English. What... Read more »
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Kukal String Quartet
Royal Pump Rooms The Parade, Leamington Spa, United KingdomThe Kukal String Quartet is making its UK debut on this visit, having been specially chosen by The Czech Centre. Named after a leading Czech composer, Ondřej Kukal, the Quartet,... Read more »
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Martinů String Quartet
Royal Pump Rooms The Parade, Leamington Spa, United KingdomThe Martinů String Quartet returns to Leamington for three concerts, two of them with the leading Czech oboist Vilém Veverka with whom the Quartet often works. Mozart’s Oboe Quartet is... Read more »
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Martinů String Quartet
Royal Pump Rooms The Parade, Leamington Spa, United KingdomImagine being part of a relaxed Sunday evening in a spacious drawing room in a palace in Prague and enjoy, with the Festival’s Czech musicians in residence, an eclectic mix... Read more »
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Martinů String Quartet
Holy Trinity Church Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa, United KingdomThe Festival’s final concert includes Vilém Tauský’s Coventry, written in 1940 after visiting the recently ruined cathedral. Sylvie Bodorová’s Terezín Ghetto Requiem (premièred in Holy Trinity Church in 1998) will be played here... Read more »
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The lives & works of four Czech/Slovak émigré artists in Britain
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonSarah MacDougall explores the contrasting lives, careers and legacy of four artists of Czech-Jewish heritage - Fred Feigl, Hella Guth, Ernst Neuschul and Freda Salvendy. The majority are represented in... Read more »