PRAGUE (AP) — Jiri Cerny, a legendary Czech music critic who introduced Western music to generations of listeners behind the Iron Curtain and became one of the voices of the 1989 anti-communist Velvet ...

When handsome young Czech Pianist Rudolf Firkusny took his first crack at the U.S. concert stage in 1938, he thought “big bravura playing” was the way to hammer U.S. critics into submission. But about ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The 8th annual Country & Czech Music Fest kicked off at Moravian Hall, Saturday. The event was hosted by the Czech Heritage Society of South Texas for members of the community ...

Czech composer, guitarist, singer, producer, and lyricist Michal Pavlíček, one of the most prolific and diverse Czech musicians, turns 70 on February 14.

Did you know that every decade, places all over the world celebrate the music of Czechia for an entire year? This tradition started exactly 100 years ago for the 100th birthday of Bedřich Smetana, and ...

Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium is as integral to Manhattan’s bedrock as any place in the city. Yet this week one could be forgiven for thinking it had been transported to Prague (or Brno), so ...

The Czech Philharmonic, under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, commemorates the centennial of the Year of Czech Music in 2024 with a variety of programs around the world, with ...

FILE - Music journalist Jiri Cerny speaks during a press conference to the 57th edition of the Golden Prague International Television Festival, in Prague, Aug. 25, 2020. Cerny, a leading Czech music ...