Václav Havel Tribute Concert

2011 memorial event for former Czech president
The poster.

Tribute to Václav Havel (Czech: Pocta Václavu Havlovi) was an event held in memory of Václav Havel, the last Czechoslovak and the first Czech President, writer, playwright and human rights activist. The concert took place in Lucerna Music Bar in Prague on 23 December 2011, five days after the death of Havel.

Main organisers of the event

  • David Gaydečka (Manager of the Goe's Garage)
  • Vladimír Hanzel [cs] (Former Secretary to President Václav Havel)
  • Jakub Mejdřický (PP Production)
  • Lubomír Schmidtmayer (Director of the Palace Akropolis)
  • Jindra Zemanová (Meet Factory)

Stages

Lucerna Great Hall

Moderator: Jiří Černý [cs]

Lucerna Music Bar

Moderator: Zdeněk Suchý [cs]

  • 6:00 pm - Máma Bubo
  • 6:40 pm - Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross
  • 7:30 pm - Lanugo
  • 8:30 pm - Toxique
  • 9:35 pm - Zrní
  • 10:35 pm - The Colorblinds [cs]

Lucerna Cinema

Documentary films:

  • President Václav Havel (Dir. V. Bojanovský, 1990)
  • President and Director (1996)
  • Havel to the Castle (Dir. P. Koutecký, 1998)
  • American in Prague or Partnership for Jazz (Dir. P. Koutecký, 1994)
  • "An American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia" held in St. John the Divine, New York (Dir. Caroline Stoessinger, 1990)
Live performance
  • Václav Havel: Garden Party - Theatre Divadlo na tahu, Dir. Andrej Krob

Lucerna Cinema Café

Photographs of Václav Havel
Curator: Kateřina Blažková-Bajzíková
Photographers:

References

  1. ^ "Lidé se rozloučili s Václavem Havlem na multikulturním večeru v Lucerně - Novinky.cz".
  2. ^ "Hudebníky napěchovaná Lucerna vzdala hold Havlovi, zazpívala i Vega a Král". 23 December 2011.

External links

  • Official website of concert
  • Documentary film on the event by Metropol TV with English subtitles
  • Prague Post: Painting the Town / Lucerna to host evening of tribute to Václav Havel