Czech Next Wave

Radio Prague International and Czech Centres
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Czech Next Wave Podcast

Czech Next Wave, a regular podcast produced jointly by the Czech Centres network and Radio Prague International, introduces listeners around the world to emerging, exciting and highly talented young Czechs in various areas of the arts and beyond.

  1. 04/06/2022

    EP19: Graphic designer Pavel Fuksa

    Pavel Fuksa is a highly successful graphic designer, illustrator and creative director. His client list is like a who’s who of top international brands and includes such names as Nike, Facebook, Lego and Google.

    22 min

  2. 01/13/2022

    EP18: Actress Martha Issová

    Prague-born Martha Issová was the female lead in Zátopek, a biopic of running legend Emil Zátopek that was one of the Czech Republic’s biggest films of recent years. She is also known for many other screen roles and is a member of the hugely popular theatre company Dejvické divadlo.

    27 min

  3. 11/18/2021

    EP17: Designers Herrmann & Coufal

    Young duo Herrmann & Coufal are the most recent absolute winners of the Grand Designer of the Year award, the Czech Republic’s top honour in the field. In recent years Eduard Herrmann and Matěj Coufal have shot to attention with everyday objects such as lamps and coat stands that involve the customer, DIY-style, in their manufacture, as well as pieces for eminent Czech design companies and even street furniture.

    23 min

  4. 10/20/2021

    EP16: Opera singer Adam Plachetka

    Adam Plachetka is one of the country’s most in-demand opera singers. He is the only Czech to have sung at the Met in New York before the age of 30, has been a member of the Vienna State Opera for over a decade and has appeared at many of the globe’s other great venues.

    25 min

  5. 08/19/2021

    EP15: Štěpán Hulík

    Screenwriter Štěpán Hulík shot to attention almost a decade ago when, still in his 20s, he wrote Burning Bush, a big-budget mini-series helmed by no less a name than the great European director Agnieszka Holland. Since then he has notched up further successes and his latest project, Suspicion, is just about to launch at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

    23 min

  6. 07/22/2021

    EP14: Designer Lucie Koldová

    Lucie Koldová is one of the Czech Republic’s greatest designers and is a two-time overall winner of the Czech Grand Design awards, most recently last year. She is perhaps best-known for her beautiful lights and as well as running her own studio is art director with the top Czech lighting brand Brokis.

    24 min

  7. 06/24/2021

    EP13: Dancer Tereza Ondrová

    Dancer, choreographer and teacher Tereza Ondrová is a leading figure in Czech contemporary dance. Ondrová is a frequent collaborator with both domestic and international artists, working with such names as director Petra Tejnorová, dancers Peter Šavel (with whom she created the acclaimed duet Boys Who Like To Play With Dolls) and Silvia Gribaudi, and conceptual artist Kateřina Šedá.

    19 min

  8. 05/13/2021

    EP12: Games creator Jakub Gemrot

    Jakub Gemrot heads Charles Games, the studio affiliated with Prague’s Charles University that produced Attentat 1942, a “WWII game through the eyes of survivors” that won many admirers around the world. Gemrot and his team are hoping to do at least as well with the follow-up Svoboda 1945: Liberation, which is due for release later this year.

    22 min
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Czech Next Wave, a regular podcast produced jointly by the Czech Centres network and Radio Prague International, introduces listeners around the world to emerging, exciting and highly talented young Czechs in various areas of the arts and beyond.

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  • Creator
    Radio Prague International and Czech Centres
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Radio Prague International and Czech Centres
  • Show Website
    Czech Next Wave

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