Prague
Festivals and Concerts
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Tuesday,
May 12 - Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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The Prague Spring International Music Festival is a permanent
showcase for outstanding performing artists, symphony orchestras
and chamber music ensembles of the world. The festival commemorates
important musical anniversaries by including works by the
composers concerned on its programs, and presents Czech
as well as world premieres of compositions by contemporary
authors.
See the News and Articles section for updates to the program.
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Saturday,
June 13 - Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Since its inception in 1964 the
International Television Festival Golden Prague, organized
by Czech Television, has become the world's most important
television festival dedicated to music and dance on television.
It ranks among the oldest and most renowned events of its
kind: among television festivals, only Prix Italia (founded
in 1949), Monte Carlo and Montreux festivals (both founded
in 1961) can boast a longer tradition.
Today, the festival is a unique and prestigious showcase of TV production,
presenting the world's best music and dance programmes of
all musical genres.
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Tuesday,
August 25 - Sunday, August 30, 2009
Website (in Czech)
The International Folklore Festival is one of the largest folk festivals in the Czech Republic and Europe. Each year there are participants from most continents and from all ethnographic regions of the Czec Republic. The six day festival in Prague has more than 30 foreign and local group with over 1,200 performers.
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Saturday,
October 31, 2009
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The double album The Wall was released on November 30, 1979 by the band Pink Floyd. The live concert of The Wall was seen just in four cities (London, Los Angeles, New York, Dortmund) because of its exacting presentation and organization – e.g. the cardboard wall was built during the performance.
Celebrating 30 years of the album, Filip Benešovský and a group of Czech musicians will be coming together in Prague to recreate Pink Floyd's “The Wall” as a full scale arena show. The Wall 2009 is supposed to be the most ambitious and demanding project appearing on the Czech musical scene this year.
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The festival is not taking place in 2009 due to financial reasons.
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The Prague Autumn Festival continues in its endeavour to incorporate the works of Czech composers into the repertoire of its guests from abroad, to acquaint Czech audiences with world orchestras which are less well-known but of a high quality, and to search for and discover forgotten or unknown works of music of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
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