Links to Other Sites

• The Ján Cikker Foundation (Nadácia Jána Cikkera) (CM) www.jan-cikker.org | created in 1993, the Foundation aims to promote the artistic legacy of the Slovak composer Ján Cikker (1911 – 1989): web pages in Slovak, English and German
• The Royal College of Music (CM) www.rcm.ac.uk | developing tomorrows musicians
• Birmingham Central Library (CM) www.birmingham.gov.uk/centrallibrary | housing Dvořák Society publications
• The City of London Libraries (CM) www.cityoflondon.gov.uk | housing Dvořák Society publications
• The London Borough of Havering (CM) www.havering.gov.uk | housing the Antonín Dvořák collection under the G.L.A.S.S. scheme
• University of California, Santa Barbara (CM) www.ucsb.edu
• The Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute, Baltimore (CM) www.peabody.jhu.edu/lib

• Supraphon (CM) www.supraphon.cz | the premier Czech record label
• Arcodiva www.arcodiva.cz | a Prague based production company for Arcodiva and Ultraphon labels (high technical and artistic standards)
• Audite www.audite.de | small German label with a treasure trove of live Bavarian Radio recordings of performances conducted by Rafael Kubelík (including some works never recorded by Kubelík in the studio)
• Český Rozhlas (Czech Radio) Vydavatelství www.radioservis-as.cz/katalog | has a list (in Czech) of all Czech Radio CDs
• Classical.com www.classical.com | UK-based on-line classical music service offering listening, downloads and information
• ESS.A.Y Recordings www.essaycd.com | this American company has recorded the complete piano works of Dvořák with the Ukrainian pianist, Inna Poroshina, in Kiev.
• Hancock and Monks www.hancockandmonks.com | long-established Herefordshire based (formerly in Bristol) classical music retailer, selling new and used CDs, DVDs, second hand sheet music, scores and books on music — on-line sales plus shop in Hay-on-Wye
• HNH International (CM) www.naxos.com | the holding company for ground breaking Marco Polo, Naxos and Da Capo labels
• Široký dvůr (M) www.cdmusic.cz | record shop in Prague (near the castle) with an on-line catalogue and efficient mail-order service
• SOMM Recordings (M) www.somm-recordings.demon.co.uk | United Kingdom based independent record label with a small but select Czech content including music by Antonín Tučapský
• Slovart Records www.slovart-records.sk | dual-language (English & Slovak) site of important Slovak record label

• Talacko Sheet Music (CM) www.talacko.cz | for printed music, scores and music books in Prague and mail-order
• Editito Bärenreiter Praha (CM) www.ebp.cz | for printed sheet music, scores and books

• Czech Music Information Centre www.musica.cz | located in Prague, promoting contemporary Czech music & composers
• Slovak Music Information Centre www.hc.sk | located in Bratislava, promoting contemporary Slovak music & composers
• The Czech and Slovak Music Society www.music.ucsb.edu/projects/csms | based in the USA with an international membership “… dedicated to the serious study and greater understanding of the music of the Czech and Slovak Republics …”
• Musicweb International www.musicweb-international.com | formerly the host for the Dvořák Society’s web pages, all music lovers should make a point of regularly visiting this site where they will find, among other things, an invaluable collection of biographies as well as CD reviews (updated daily)
• ClassicsToday.com www.classicstoday.com | U.S. based on-line classical music magazine with reviews of recordings and live performances
• Jewish Music Institute www.jmi.org.uk | at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London “… documents, preserves, teaches and presents to the public, all aspects of the Jewish musical heritage: liturgical, classical, ethnic and folk as well as music suppressed by Nazi and Soviet tyranny …”
• La Médiathèque de Musique Tchèque perso.orange.fr/alain.cf/index.htm | probably the foremost French language web resource for information about Czech composers and performers — as well as 19th and 20th century figures, there is good coverage of the baroque and classical periods — well worth visiting

• Czech and Slovak Music Discussion Group http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClassicalCzechSlovakMusic/ | U.S. based internet discussion group, with international membership
• Bohuslav Martinů Discussion Group http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BohuslavMartinuDiscussion/ | U.S. based internet discussion group, with international membership
• Zelenka Forum www.jdzelenka.net/forums | internet forum associated with the on-line data base dedicated to this outstanding baroque composer at www.jdzelenka.net

• Sylvie Bodorová www.bodorova.cz | the personal web site of this much admired composer
• The Ján Cikker Foundation (Nadácia Jána Cikkera) (CM) www.jan-cikker.org | created in 1993, the Foundation aims to promote the artistic legacy of the Slovak composer Ján Cikker (1911 – 1989): web pages in Slovak, English and German
• Dvořák American Heritage Association www.dvoraknyc.org | “commemorates, celebrates, and continues to explore composer Antonín Dvořák's extraordinary musical contributions, with a special emphasis on his influential residency in the United States in the years 1892–95” — as well as being a valuable resource relatng to Dvořák’s American tears, this site sometimes list events relating to other Czech composers
• Antonín Dvořák Memorial at Vysoká www.antonindvorak.cz/en/ | multi-lingual site devoted to the museum at Vysoká near Příbram, where Dvořák had his summer home
• Luboš Fišer www.musica.cz | a page devoted to this much respected figure who died in 1999, English & Czech pages
• The J B Foerster Society (Foerstrova společnost) foerstrovka.webpark.cz/default.htm | Prague based site, Czech only
• Leoš Janáček www.leosjanacek.com | an in-depth site created and maintained by musician and theatre agent Gavin Plumley
• Janáček Association Japan http://www.janacek-jp.org | site created by music lover Hideyuki Yamane, some pages in English
• Leoš Janáček-Gesellschaft (M) www.leos-janacek.org | the Leoš Janáček Society in Switzerland
• Karel Janovický (M) www.musica.cz/janovicky/index.html | biography of the composer and short list of his works
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (The Kapralova Society) (M) www.kapralova.org | comprehensive site for this 20th Century composer including download-able free journal, plus a resource for women composers and conductors
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold www.korngold-society.org | this is not the official site of the International Korngold Society, but it is well worth visiting — regularly updated
• Zdeněk Lukáš www.apimusic.org | a page including a section devoted to this Quattro group composer (requires scrolling)
• Otmar Mácha apimusic.org | a page with information about this Quattro group composer
• Gustav Mahler and Jihlava www.jihlava.cz/gustavmahler | a Czech web site devoted to the composer’s life in the town which was his home during his childhood and adolescence — in Czech, English & German
• Society for the Erection of a Monument to Gustav Mahler in Jihlava (Společenství za zřízení pomníku Gustava Mahlera v Jihlavě) www.jihlava.cz/gustavmahler/pomnik-an.pdf | a PDF format web page giving details of a proposal for a Gustav Mahler park in Jihlava, featuring a memorial to the composer
• The Bohuslav Martinů Foundation (Nadace Bohuslava Martinů) (M) www.martinu.cz
• International Bohuslav Martinů Society www.martinu.cz
• Bohuslav Martinů Society of Switzerland www.martinu.ch
• Martinů in Paris: A Synthesis of Musical Styles and Symbols www.musicweb-international.com | Acclaimed pianist Erik Entwistle’s 200 page dissertation is now online
• Martin Smolka www.martinsmolka.com | the home page of the composer (born 1959, Prague) — in Czech, English, German and Polish
• Eugen Suchoň www.suchon.info. | site devoted to one of the most prominent Slovak composers
• Josef Suk Society | Společnost Josefa Suka www.suksociety.cz | Prague based site (Czech only) dedicated to this great composer, distinguished chamber musicia and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák
• Antonín Tučapský antonintucapsky.harra.net | this much admired Moravian composer (he was taught by a pupil of Janáček) and choirmaster settled in England in 1975 has a web site with English and Czech pages
• Viktor Ullman Foundation www.viktorullmannfoundation.org.uk | English language site devoted to this important Terezín composer
• Jan (Johann) Dismas Zelenka www.jdzelenka.net | on-line data base of works and recordings | see also associated internet forum www.jdzelenka.net/forums

• The composers of Bohemia davidsbuendler.freehostia.com/bohemia.htm
• La Médiathèque de Musique Tchèque perso.orange.fr/alain.cf/index.htm | probably the foremost French language web resource for information about Czech composers and performers — as well as 19th and 20th century figures, there is good coverage of the baroque and classical periods — well worth visiting
• Quattro Group of Composers www.sdmusic.cz/quattro | the web site of the group of composers founded in 1996 by Sylvie Bodorová, Luboš Fišer, Zdeněk Lukáš and Otmar Mácha
• Terezín Chamber Music Foundation www.terezinmusic.org | information about the Terezín group of composers

• John Whibley (CM) www.whibley.co.uk | “Holidays with Music” for organised travel to Central & Eastern Europe
• The Prague Concert Company (CM) www.concert.cz | a travel and concert agency which specialises in organising concert tours of the Czech Republic for musical groups (including choirs) from other countries
• MusicEnterprise (CM) www.musicenterprise.org | a small non-profit organisation in Luxembourg which specialises in personal contacts with the world of Czech classical music — run by member Geoff Piper, it has a list of Czech musicians and music organisations, etc with which it has friendly relations and which it can recommend — in 2009 Geoff Piper was the recipient a Gratias Agit prize awarded by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs to persons living outside the Czech Republic who have made a notable contribution to Czech affairs (normally cultural)
• La Pellegrina www.pellegrina.net | based in The Netherlands and organises summer schools abroad mainly in the Czech Republic and Italy.

Czech Republic

• CzechArt agency www.czechart.cz | an agency whose particular mission is to collect exceptional musical projects, soloists and orchestras and to introduce them to the international scene.
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra www.czechphilharmonic.cz | details of the orchestras concerts at the Rudofinum plus tour dates and chamber concerts
• Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra www.kso.cz | pages in Czech, English and German
• Pilsen J K Tyl Theatre (Divadlo J K Tyla v Plzni) www.djkt-plzen.cz | for information on opera and ballet performances in Pilsen (Plzeň) — some English and German pages
• Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu) www2.rozhlas.cz
• International Prague Spring Festival www.festival.cz | details and programme of this annual event
• International Prague Autumn Festival www.pragueautumn.cz | details and programme of this annual event and with an interesting and adventurous repertoire
• National Theatre, Prague (Národní divadlo) www.narodni-divadlo.cz | programme of performances and other information
• National Theatre, Brno (Národní divadlo v Brně) www.ndbrno.cz | programme of performances and other information
• Czech Nonet www.nonet.cz | founded in 1924 and going strong, this site has pages in Czech, English & German
• Herold Quartet www.heroldq.cz | well-regarded young quartet
• Kaprálová Quartet www.kapralova.org/QUARTET.htm | all-women ensemble named after the composer Vítězslava Kaprálová established in 1998
• Libor Nováček www.libornovacek.com | young Czech pianist who studied at the Teplice Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London
• Schulhoff Quartet www.schulhoffquartett.com | young Czech quartet formed in 2001, who take a special interest in the music of Czech composers who perished in the Holocaust
• Škampa Quartet www.skampa.com | biographical, discographical and concert information about this distinguished Czech string quartet
• Stamic Quartet www.stamicquartet.cz | informative official site of this well-established and highly respected ensemble
• Talich Quartet www.talichquartet.cz | founded in 1964 and still going strong
• Lukáš Vondráček (M) www.lukasvondracek.co.uk | talented young pianist from the Czech Republic
• Wihan Quartet www.wihanquartet.net | winners of the London International String Quartet Competition in 1991 and a favourite of Dvořák Society members
• Zemlinsky Quartet www.zemlinskyquartet.cz | formerly called the Penguin Quartet

Germany

• Berliner Philharmoniker www.berliner-philharmoniker.de | as well as being devoted to this great orchestra, the site has details of concerts by other ensembles, large and small, which are performing at the main and chamber halls
• Oper in Berlin www.oper-in-berlin.de | with German and English language pages, this site is a most useful guide to the current programmes of the opera companies in this artistically vibrant city (includes ballet)

Slovakia

• Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava ( Slovenské národné divadlo, Bratislava) www.snd.sk | programme of performances and other information
• Slovak Philharmonic (Slovenská filharmónia) www.filharm.sk | in addition to being devoted to the orchestra, this site gives details of all other artists performing at both the large and small Philharmonic halls in Bratislava

United Kingdom

• English National Opera www.eno.org | performance schedules at London’s English language opera house and other information from the company that (as Sadlers Wells Opera) gave the first staged performance of a Janáček opera in Britain
• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden www.royalopera.org | for performance schedules and other information about opera and ballet performances in London’s international house
• Scottish Opera www.scottishopera.org.uk | for performance schedules and other information
• Welsh National Opera www.wno.org.uk | performance schedules and other information, from a company that has a long tradition of performing Czech opera
• Béla Hartmann www.belahartmann.com | Czech-German pianist
• William Howard www.williamhoward.co.uk | British pianist and founder of The Schubert Ensemble, with a particular interest in Czech music
• Steven Isserlis www.stevenisserlis.com | the internationally renowned cellist who frequently programmes Czech music
• Sacconi Quartet www.sacconi.com | well regarded British string quartet founded in 2001, which frequently performs Czech music – each May hosts the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival at Folkestone
• Schubert Ensemble www.schubertensemble.com | well-established chamber ensemble with a long history of performing (and commissioning) works by Czech composers
• Vilém Tauský www.musicweb-international.com/Tausky | biography of our late vice-President

United States

• Chamber Music Northwest www.cmnw.org | based in Portland, Oregon—one of the most successful chamber music presenters in the U.S.A.

• Dvořák Museum in Prague (Muzeum Antonína Dvořáka) (M) www.nm.cz/mad
• The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa www.ncsml.org | the United States’ foremost institution interpreting Czech and Slovak history and culture

• Czech Embassy, London (M) www.mzv.cz/wwwo/?zu=london | includes a valuable list of events
• Slovak Embassy, London (M) www.slovakembassy.co.uk | includes a database of cultural information
• Radio Prague (Český Rozhlas) www.radio.cz
• The British Czech & Slovak Association (BCSA) (M) www.bcsa.co.uk | provides contacts between British Czech and Slovak people—“…BCSA aims to raise public awareness in Britain of Czech and Slovak life in all its aspects: history, arts, literature, economies, politics and sciences…”
• The Czech Centre, London (M) www.czechcentre.org.uk for a listing of cultural events in the UK
• Czech and Slovak Club in London (see also entry immediately below on this page for alternative site focussing on restaurant) www.czechandslovakclub.co.uk | “…a meeting place of Czech and Slovak nationals living in or visiting London, extends a warm welcome to all who want to experience the atmosphere of a Czech bar and restaurant and sample Czech and Slovak cuisine and beverages without having to cross the English Channel…”
• Czechoslovak Restaurant London (see also above) www.czechoslovak-restaurant.co.uk | located near West Hampstead underground station, this site concentrates on the public restaurant side of the Czech and Slovak Club, with details of menus and prices (cash only, no credit cards)
• Josie’s Dumplings josiesdumplings.com | a tribute to the resilience of Czech culture in the USA, this site is also warmly recommended to those living outside America
• UK Friends of Czech Historic Buildings, Gardens and Parks www.ukczechfriends.org | campaigning to raise funds for the repair and conservation of the substantial legacy of historic buildings and their contents, artefacts, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic, an important part of Europe’s cultural heritage — fund raising events include concerts and lectures