For the first time in its 75-year history, the Prague Spring International Music Festival finds itself in a situation where it will be unable to present its concert program as planned. “It is difficult to foresee which restrictive measures will still be in place at the time this year’s Prague Spring is due to start and, for understandable reasons, we cannot expect a mandatory standpoint from the relevant bodies of the state administration. The Prague Spring has therefore decided to seek an alternative so that music may continue to bring hope to its listeners during this troubling situation,” says festival director Roman Bělor. The festival is putting together approximately ten concerts for live broadcast, available free of charge via the Prague Spring website. Selected concerts will also be included in the schedules of Czech Television, the festival’s General Media Partner, and of Czech Radio, which has accompanied the festival since it was founded in 1946. Smetana’s My Country, a pivotal work of the festival, cannot be performed live on the 12th of May; however, the Prague Spring is in discussions with Czech Television regarding the proposal to include in the broadcast a recording of one of the exceptional performances from previous years. The program for the Closing Concert was...
During isolation in this coronavirus world, there is time to reinvent passion for learning not only the Czech language. Determination and a few useful little tricks can help add the new language to the daily routine without much effort. From the very morning, there are thousands of opportunities on how to upgrade language skills. Language teachers and coaches got together unusual language learning tips to quit the usual learner’s excuses. THINGS YOU LOVE WILL MAKE YOU WISER In her e-book How to Learn (not only) Czech Language Through Social Media, Lenka from CzechTime invites people to use social media for something else than just procrastination and coronavirus-news-scrolling. She found a better use for them. “Join and Like your favorite groups, ideas, sports, people etc. on Facebook and Instagram BUT in the language, you are learning”. Example: If one is Italian and misses their home or just loves Italy and is learning Czech, the advice is to find an Italy fan blog in Czech e.g.Itálie v Brne on Facebook and Like and Follow it. The FB wall will be full of both, Czech language and Italy after such Likes and learning happens without even knowing. LEARN TO LISTEN It is...
When he first visited the Czech Republic in the 1990s, the American photographer Matthew Monteith was taken with the details of ordinary life in this country in transition. Captivated by the ineffable—a mood, a sense of place—he made repeated visits and in 2001—3 traveled throughout the country photographing with the hope of creating a contemporary allegory that reflected ideals found in old postcards and Czech photography from the 1920s and ’30s. Most of these pictures were taken in or around Prague, in his friends’ homes, on the streets, or in small towns where it is as likely to find a centuries-old castle as an ominous nuclear cooling tower looming large. Although it is important to know where these photographs were taken, ultimately their meanings are not contingent upon place. More info about the project Czech Eden here
Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga, the April 18 event will celebrate health workers globally.
Gene Deitch, one of the last of the major figures who worked during the Golden Age of American animation, passed away last night in Prague.
By Maximilian Colloredo-Mansfeld—Anglo American University The COVID-19 (Corona-virus) started in Wuhan (Hubei), China, in late 2019 apparently from a mutated animal virus. Before the lockdown of the city of Wuhan and the Hubei province, the disease was not considered such a danger by the Chinese government, and even though necessary measures were eventually taken, it was too late and a pandemic soon struck globally, reaching Prague in March. Badiucao, a suddenly famous Chinese human-rights activist and political caricaturist, who is exiled from China, but with his family still there in danger because of the strict Chinese government, has since mid-March also put up posters throughout Prague in an attempt to protest how the Chinese government has handled this situation. Badiucao was born in 1986 in the outskirts of Shanghai and, after Ai Weiwei, he is today becoming one of the most famous activist artists coming from China. Since he started with his rebellious caricatures career back in 2011, he has been featured in CNN, BBC, and Amnesty International, to name a few. And while his exhibitions travel throughout the world, criticizing China for their actions against human rights, he and his family are naturally under constant threat from the Chinese...
On the night of 13 April 1950, State Security operatives, policemen and People's Militia units surrounded 75 Czech and 62 Slovak monasteries.
Are you missing concerts and live venues? Tune in to the new United Live Radio – A Non-Commercial radio whose sole aim is to connect fans missing live music with music promoters and event organizers counting the minutes when they can become active again. Despite the difficult situation, the organizers and artists are trying to keep working and bringing their fans what they do best – a magical quality music experience. This new project, United Live Radio, was created for this purpose. The radio will aim to substitute temporarily the lack of activities in clubs and venues, and the absence of concerts and music festivals. Actors of all parts of live music scene of the Czech Republic will prepare specialized programs for listeners. This Non-Commercial Radio is made possible by leading Czech festivals, concert promoters, clubs and venues, wanting to connect the whole music community in this way. Listeners will be able to tune in the United Live Radio on website every day from Friday, April 10 at 15:00 for the next 30 days. “The impact of restrictions on live culture is enormous, and this project, which is being developed in collaboration with festivals, concert promoters, venues, and artists, wants...
By Mandy Archer—Anglo American University Three new paintings, along with twenty-five other works (paintings, film & video) from the Belgian artist Michaël Borremans are being exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Rudolfinum. While this exhibition, titled The Duck, has been closed due to COVID-19, artwork from The Duck and interviews with Borremans can still be viewed on the gallery’s website. The Duck began with a video and a film, bringing visitors onto Borremans’ stage as if he sets up the actors on the screen. There were two videos positioned on the left-side wall and one large vintage film projector at the entrance. The two “paintings” on the left were Borremans’ figures that moved like “moving pictures.” The larger projected image showed a black and white film of three men with blurred faces sitting in chairs each slightly apart from each other. This loops for one minute, with no movement from the men and only a change of lighting. Nothing is static in the almost empty room as the figures move within the frame and alert the viewer to Borremans’ affection for cinema, daring us to forget where we are and tune in to the moving images. The videos...
The largest Czech gallery does its best to remain open digitally even at the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Nic’ means ‘nothing’ in Czech and that is the aim of this project – as cultural events cannot take place, cultural institutions and artists need your support.
Theatres, galleries, cinemas, music clubs, and other cultural institutions saw the first impacts of the coronavirus threat during the last few weeks. Thanks to the project called #KULTURAŽIJE, which was initiated by Mall.tv in conjunction with the fundraising platform Donio.cz, viewers can watch live broadcasts of various shows and performances online from home. Starting from today, April 6th, you can enjoy these events on Prague Morning Facebook page. #KULTURAŽIJE was spontaneously started just a day after the ban of events in the Czech Republic on March 10. Originally planned with just a few concerts, and theater performances, #kulturažije has grown into the largest local online festival. In the following days, you can enjoy live concerts by Čechomor, Mňága a Žďorp, Czech National Symphony Orchestra and many more. Over thirty concerts, theatre, and dance performances and other cultural events have been broadcasted online for the past two weeks by MALL.TV For the first time on the Czech Internet, viewers could watch the play of the world-famous pianist Ivo Kahánek, and Cirk La Putyka, a Czech ensemble dedicated professionally to the genre called “the Contemporary Circus”. #KULTURAŽIJE can be watched for free in the Czech Republic and Slovakia at www.mall.tv, ion mobile...
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