CZECH REPUBLIC
Area: 70 870 km² - Population: 10.3 million - Capital: Prague
Official Language: Czech - Date of joining the EU: 2004
ORGANIZATION OF CULTURAL POLICIES
http//www.proculture.cz/english/ (site in English)
http//www.czech.cz/fr/culture/ (site in French)
EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE COUNTRY
Franco-Czech Tandem
15-30 November in Saint-Étienne, Cité du Design
Golem
Project associating French and Czech artists, researchers and computer technicians based on virtual reality. A partnership between the research centers CIANT (International Center of Art and New Technologies in Prague) and CYPRES (Center for research and creation – arts/sciences/technologies and cultures).
And also...
5-9 July in Marseille, Festival of Marseille
Dance
Tchèq’up
A spotlight on the young Czech dance, on the occasion of a small panorama showing its new trends.
10-20 September in Besançon, International Music Festival
Bohemian Airs
Carte blanche for Zdznek Mácal:
Zdznek Mácal, direction/performer associated with the Festival
Dagmar Pecková, soprano
With the Czech Philharmonic and the Pražák Quartet.
Within the framework of the « Off » Festival, popular music and dance at the Magic Mirror (Besançon).
25 September-1 November in Paris, Centre tchèque (Czech Center)
Exhibition
Jirí Kolár
Exhibition general manager: Jana Claverie.
October-November in Paris, National Opera of Paris Opera.
From 11 October to 2 November (Opéra Garnier in Paris)
The Bartered Bride, by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Musical direction: Jirí Belohlávek/Damian Iorio (2 Nov)
Staging: Gilbert Deflo.
From13 October to 12 November (Opéra Bastille)
The Clever Little Fox, by Leoš Janácek
Musical direction: Dennis Russel Davies
Staging: André Engel.
20-21 November in Paris, the Senate and the Fondation Singer-Polignac
Colloquium
The Czecho-Slovak space – European Seismograph
Organized by the Institute of Slavic Studies and the Embassies of the Czech Republic and of Slovakia, and by the Czech Center.
With cooperation by French, Czech and Slovak historians.
For more information :
www.centretcheque.org
- Updated: 18.06.2008
