Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček, Martinů – Czechia can boast a number of renowned figures from the past, but what about Czech music today? Alongside the classical grea...
Bára Zmeková: The songwriter who puzzles narrow-minded critics
“Whenever you think you´ve found the word to describe her music it takes a turn into another direction,“ laments Thorsten Bednarz from Deutschlandradio Kultur. “That happens in my music” Bára Zmeková says. “I usually follow the song, I do not try to shape it.“ Do you want to know where her music leads her? Listen to the final episode of our podcast series Faces of Czech Music.
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Beata Hlavenková: the successful musician with a big wish
“I really enjoy everything I do, but agents sometimes find it difficult to sell my work” says pianist, singer and songwriter Beata Hlavenková. What is her big professional wish? And why she does not enjoy songs around the campfire so much? Listen to the latest episode of Faces of Czech Music.
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Jiří Trtík hailed as the most successful Czech composer of classical music outside of Czechia
"We all experience that in a certain way," says Jiří Trtík on why Kafka's Letter to his Father inspired him to write an opera celebrating one of the greatest and most intimate confessions in world literature. What makes Bedřich Smetana so special today? And why is the Vltava River not what it used to be? Listen to the newest episode of Faces of Czech Music.
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"Flow with it": Floex on his creative method
"I like the idea of diving into my music and flowing with it,“ says multimedia artist, composer and clarinettist Tomáš Dvořák, also known as Floex. Why are Czechs not "top of the list“ among his listeners? Who composed "Labero“ and would it make Maurice Ravel happy? And why is a clarinet not a saxophone? Listen to the latest episode of Faces of Czech Music.
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My dream was big enough to get me there: Pianist Tomáš Kačo on his outstanding success
Tomáš Kačo grew up in a community flat in Nový Jičín with 11 siblings and a broken piano. But he made it to the Berklee College of Music. He has no doubts about the man who gave him the necessary push saying “It was always my father´s dream to guide his kids towards a better future.” In this episode of the Faces of Czech Music, the pianist and composer shares his thoughts about his music, his marriage to an American-Korean colleague, and life in Los Angeles.
Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček, Martinů – Czechia can boast a number of renowned figures from the past, but what about Czech music today? Alongside the classical greats, the contemporary music scene has much to offer: jazz musicians, film composers as well as world-class performers.
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