Prague – Representatives of Slovak culture also spoke at the Concert for the Future, which traditionally culminates the celebrations on November 17. The former director of the Slovak National Gallery, Alexandra Kusá, and the former director of the Slovak National Theater, Matej Drlička, warned against the rise of the extreme right and populist nationalism. According to the organizers, tens of thousands of people arrived at the event held in the lower part of Wenceslas Square in Prague.
“I would very much like to be able to say here that Slovakia is a country that has learned from its mistakes in the past thirty-five years, that it is a country whose citizens value the legacy of the Velvet Revolution, but unfortunately that would not be entirely true,” he said Shredder. “Slovak culture has been on strike since September of this year, more than 4,000 people from more than four hundred institutions face unprofessional interventions in the running of their institutions, insults and lies from politicians every day. Unfortunately, this is not only happening in Slovakia, the rise of the extreme right and we see populist nationalism all over Europe,” he added.
Slovak Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová dismissed the director of the Slovak National Theater Drlička due to alleged managerial failures and loss of trust. Subsequently, she also dismissed the head of the Slovak National Gallery, Kusou. Among other things, the Slovak Ministry of Culture criticized its managerial decisions.
In addition to more than a dozen speakers, Ivan Hlas Trio, Radůza or the bands Bert & Friends, The Valentines and Slovakian Korben Dallas performed, among others. The video greeting was prepared by Marta Kubišová. “It’s an honor for me, and especially when the organizers called the event the Concert for the Future. That’s terribly important. I see the future sometimes in black and sometimes in pink. So I don’t know, but we really enjoyed participating with the boys,” singer Ivan Hlas told ČTK.
According to Hlas, the situation in the company is currently not good. “Before, when there wasn’t the stupid internet, people had to say things to each other’s faces. And unfortunately that has disappeared,” he stated.
With this year’s theme “Back to each other”, the organizers called for people to discuss and listen to each other with respect and understanding despite different opinions, thus preventing the division of society. Environmentalist and ecologist Yvonna Gaillyová, actor Marek Adamczyk, journalists Marie Bastlová and Kristina Ciroková, sports commentator Robert Záruba and influencer Karel Kovy Kovář offered various points of view on current and past events.
Visitors to the concert, to which admission was free, could participate in the Lípa for the Future initiative. The organizers gave away linden seeds, which they can then plant in their home locations and thus support the planting of deciduous trees.
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Source: www.ceskenoviny.cz
