On Wednesday 27 September 2017, the National Day reception was held at the Ambassador’s residence. The reception was opened by Ambassador Libor Sečka, together with the Mayor of Camden, Cllr. Richard Cotton, and the Rector of Charles University in Prague, Tomáš Zima. Their speeches were followed… Read More

On the occasion of the National Day of the Czech Republic, the Free Czechoslovak Airforce Association, along with Defence attachés of the Embassies of the Czech and Slovak Republics, organises on Sunday 29th October 2017 at 2pm a commemorative ceremony at the Czechoslovak Memorial in the… Read More

From the Czech Homeland by Candlelight. Tuesday 12 Sept 7:30pm. St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Box Office: 020 7766 1100 Online: www.smitf.org Find us on Facebook Keld Ensemble Tickets: £22, £18, £14. Concessions Available Keld Ensemble Conductor – Boris Peck Trumpet – Alex Cromwell www.keld-ensemble.co.uk

To celebrate the recent CD release by Prima Facie, Rainsongs, the Dvořák Society is pleased to invite you to a concert and reception on Sunday 10th September from 3.00 to 5.30 at Velehrad London, 39 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9JP. Three of the artists on the… Read More

Dear BCSA Members and Friends This is to remind you that the BCSA Annual Garden Party is taking place on Saturday 3 June from 3 – 6pmin the communal gardens of the Slovak and Czech Embassies, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London W8 4QY.… Read More

Young Russian star Denis Kozhukhin joins the Pavel Haas Quartet for timeless chamber classics. Gramophone has called the Pavel Haas Quartet the ‘world’s most exciting string quartet’, stating that its players ‘represent the best qualities of the Czech tradition’. More info: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/112891-pavel-haas-quartet-denis-kozhukhin-2017 With the ‘sensational’ Kozhukhin (Herald… Read More

Czech-born Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939) is recognised as one of the most prominent artists of the Art Nouveau movement, producing iconic works including Gismonda; the artist’s first poster design for the actress Sarah Bernhardt.