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Leading Scientists, Legends of CNN

and a Tribal Chief from the Amazon

Meet in Ostrava

When most of the population is beginning to make its holiday preparations, promoters of summer

festivals are finalizing their jobs. It is turning into a  tradition for Ostrava to become a  musical

metropolis for a few days in July.

It is no wonder, then, that increasing numbers of visitors to

the festival come to learn and explore at the Meltingpot

discussion forum, held as an extension to the Colours of

Ostrava festival : leaders in science and humanities, arts,

education, and human rights, journalists, travellers, and

inspirational speakers come here from all parts of the

world. Meltingpot is unique in its range.

What is the typical course of preparations for an event like

this? “No matter how well we are prepared, there is always

some necessary improvisation, though the scale of these

emergency moments is on the wane. Our rewards for

the pressure come when we sit down with the audience

and enjoy a lecture by someone whom we sincerely

wanted on our programme,” says the programme

manager Petra Hniková Charmite. “This year is interesting

because we celebrate a few significant anniversaries, all

of them around the question: where shall we go next?

It’s been thirty years since the Velvet Revolution. The last

day of the festival falls on the day fifty years after the first

human stood on The Moon. 500 years ago, Leonardo da

Vinci died. Following his vision, we do our best to connect

science and arts, all kinds of knowledge. That is why we

invite various Renaissance persons.”

Text:

Gabriela Říhánková

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