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.

EP18: Actress Martha Issová

Jan 13th, 2022 27m 14s

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 p

EP17: Designers Herrmann & Coufal

Nov 18th, 2021 23m 28s

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 objec

EP16: Opera singer Adam Plachetka

Oct 20th, 2021 25m 11s

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 g

EP15: Štěpán Hulík

Aug 19th, 2021 22m 37s

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 f

EP14: Designer Lucie Koldová

Jul 22nd, 2021 24m 6s

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 studi

EP13: Dancer Tereza Ondrová

Jun 24th, 2021 18m 36s

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 Pet

EP12: Games creator Jakub Gemrot

May 13th, 2021 21m 57s

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

Czech Next Wave - EP11: Director Jiří Havelka

Apr 22nd, 2021 23m 33s

Jiří Havelka is one of the Czech Republic’s most exciting theatre directors, as well as being an actor, playwright and teacher. In addition Havelka scored a huge critical and commercial success with his debut film Owners, a work that he also p

Czech Next Wave - EP10: Illustrator Lenka Šimečková

Apr 1st, 2021 21m 9s

Czech illustrator and comics artist Lenka Šimečková has established herself as one of the most exciting names in her field over the last decade. Her striking work – frequently characterised by a macabre, dreamlike atmosphere – appears in comic

Czech Next Wave - EP9: Conductor Jakub Hrůša

Mar 11th, 2021 32m 22s

At the age of just 39, Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša is already a major name in classical music, serving as chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and principal guest conductor at the Czech Philharmonic in Prague, as well as regularly wielding

EP8: Novelist Kateřina Tučková

Feb 18th, 2021 26m 17s

Kateřina Tučková is one of the most successful young Czech novelists. Her powerful novel Gerta – focused on the cruel treatment of ethnic Germans in the immediate aftermath of the war – has just been published in English. Another of her works

EP7: Actor-director Jiří Mádl

Jan 28th, 2021 21m 48s

Jiří Mádl has been one of the Czech Republic’s most recognisable young film stars since the mid-2000s, when he shot to fame with massive teen movies. But Mádl is also an accomplished writer and director, winning plaudits for the sensitive low-

EP6: Photographer Marie Tomanová

Jan 7th, 2021 23m 42s

Based in New York since the early 2010s, Marie Tomanová is one of the most successful young Czech photographers. Her biggest impact to date has been with the portrait series Young American, focused on a new generation for whom old gender stere

EP5: Musician Sára Vondrášková (Never Sol)

Dec 17th, 2020 27m 30s

Musician, composer and producer Sára Vondrášková has been one of most distinctive voices on the Czech music scene for the best part of a decade. Recording and performing as Never Sol, she has to date released two powerful albums of atmospheric

EP4: Writer Marek Šindelka

Nov 25th, 2020 24m 53s

Marek Šindelka is one of the Czech Republic’s leading young authors. Known for acclaimed novels such as Aberrant and Material Fatigue, the 36-year-old has also won top domestic prizes for his poetry and short stories. His broad oeuvre also inc

EP3: Fashion designer Tereza Rosalie Kladošová

Nov 5th, 2020 27m 20s

Tereza Rosalie Kladošová is one of the Czech Republic’s top young fashion designers. Known for eye-catching bright colours and bold, fun cuts, she frequently uses her own materials – including from the waste products of wool manufacturing – to

EP2: Scientist Michal Šimíček

Oct 15th, 2020 21m 30s

Despite being only 35, Michal Šimíček heads the Blood Cancer Research Group in Ostrava, a team doing very exciting work in the field of cell therapy. This ground-breaking treatment involves using live immune system cells to target certain kind

EP1: Musician Albert Černý

Sep 24th, 2020 20m 2s

Albert Černý found fame at a young age when his first band Charlie Straight won three Czech national Anděl music awards following the release of their debut LP. The lively singer-songwriter later formed Lake Malawi; the group’s biggest moment

Czech Next Wave – launching soon

Sep 16th, 2020 49s

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 beyo

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