Programm of the Czech Center in London
December 2007 -The Czech Centre in London organises cultural events and programmes in order to discuss current issues. It also provides resources for obtaining relevant information about the Czech Republic to students, scholars, business people, tourists and the general public.
(photo: www.czechcenters.cz)
Made in Prague: The New Czech Cinema, UK Tour
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Filmdate:12.11.2007 - 17.2.2008
- venue: various cinemas across the UK. Selected programme of Made in Prague, The New Czech Cinema festival, goes on UK tour in Picturehouse Cinemas.
London International Dance Film Festival: Car Men
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Film
- date:30.11.2007 - 1.12.2007
- venue: Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London W6As a part of Dancefilm shorts LIDFF will show a film by Czech choreographer and director of Nederlands Dans Theatre Jiri Kylian.
Hothouse International - Artists Exchange Stories
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Other projects
- date:2.12.2007
- venue: Hothouse, 274 Richmond Road, London Fields E8 3QNAs part of Hothouse Open you are invited to an afternoon of talks and an exhibition show casing Free Form's 2007 International programme of artist exchanges to Prague, Bucharest and Turda. From painting trees in Transylvania to pewter casting with street children in Bucharest, artists who took part will tell their own stories with pictures.
Pavel Zemek Novak: 24 Preludes and Fugues (1989–2006)
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Music
- date:5.12.2007 19:00v
- enue: St. Giles, Cripplegate, Fore Street, London EC2Y 8DAPavel Novák, also known as Pavel Zemek, is one of the most individual and distinctive Czech composers of his generation. His music reflects both his devout religious faith and his interest in Moravian folk traditions. Among his most significant works is his Symphony No.2 (St. John Passion), which won a Janácek Foundation prize in 1998. His Symphony No.3 for solo piano and string orchestra was premiered to great acclaim at the 2005 Dartington International Summer School, which has commissioned a further work for soprano, trumpet and organ.
Chloe Hanslip (violin) and Jiri Barta (cello
- )centre:Great Britain
- branch:Music
- date:5.12.2007 19:30
- venue: St Minster, Church Street, Preston PR1. The award winning young British violinist is a genuine rising star on the international scene. Jiri Barta is the most admired young Czech cello player of his generation. In a rare joint appearance, they will perform music by Martinu, Kodaly and Ravel.
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Artd
- ate:6.12.2007
- venue: Divus Unit 30, 3rd Floor, North Entrance , 37 Cremer Street, Shoreditch , London, E2 8HD RETURN OF THE ART DEAD is the inaugural exhibition of the Divus Unit 30 space in London Shoreditch. Divus Unit 30 will be showing international artists, especially from the Middle and Eastern Europe, and promoting its publications which include Umelec art magazine as well as books about contemporary culture and individual artists. Divus also publishes comic works and unclassifiable authors.
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Music
- date:7.12.2007 19:00
- venue: Carling Academy Islington, 1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, Islington, N1 0PS LondonConcert of a popular Czech band.
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Musicd
- ate:9.12.2007
- venue: Club 2XS, The Triangle, Bournemouth. BH2 5SE. Tel: 01202 297 607 Concert of Czech rock/electronic band.
- centre:Great Britain
- branch:Musicl
- ate:16.12.2007 - 8.6.2008
- venue: various venuesSince winning the London International String Quartet Competition in 1991, and a number of other major chamber music competitions, the Wihan Quartet, still with its original four members, has developed an impressive international career and an outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech repertoire alongside the classical, romantic and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire.
