The Czech singer-songwriter Jaroslav Hutka has become famous in Prague with songs such as Náměšt. The Berlin Wall Foundation invites you to a concert with him on 5 November. Czech singer-songwriter and Charter 77 signee Jaroslav Hutka had to spend eleven years in exile in the Netherlands and Germany. He returned to Prague in November 1989 during the ‘Velvet Revolution’. He was refused entry at the airport for hours. His friends organised a demonstration and he was finally allowed to enter the country. He travelled directly from Prague airport to the mass demonstration on the Letná Plateau, where his friends Václav Havel and Jiří Dienstbier were already waiting for him in the stands.
Jaroslav Hutka’s records had already been banned since the mid-1970s. Since he had been forced into exile in 1978, those in power had tried to erase his name from memory. And then came the surprise: a million people joined in Hutka’s peaceful and gentle songs on Prague’s Letná Plateau. On that day – 25 November 1989 – the military was ready to shoot. Hutka’s songs made the atmosphere so peaceful that violent actions became impossible. Václav Havel later told him that his songs had saved the revolution.
The venue will be announced soon.
For further information and ticket reservation please consider the event page at Berlin Wall Foundation.
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