Launch of the novel by Jiří Kostelecký Cape of Good Hope (lessness) was held on April 10, 2019 in Café Liberál. The festive “Baptism” of the novel begun with a small concert where virtuoso classical guitarists, HAMU graduates Soňa Vimrová and Miroslav Žára, played compositions by famous Spanish composers Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Astor Piazzolla and Manuel de Falla.
The godfathers of the new book were Zdena Procházková – the legendary Austrian-Czech actress, former wife of Karel Höger and Prince Karl Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis, who baptized the book.
Jiří Kostelecký, Writer
Mrs. Vlasta Hemalová and Jiří Kostelecký, Writer
From left: Jiří Kostelecký, Writer, Irena Pavlorková, Fashion Designer, and Prince Karl Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis
Jan Kodeš, legendary Czech tennis player and close friend of Jiří Kostelecký
From left: Zdena Procházková, Actress, Prince Karl Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis, and Jiří Kostelecký, Writer
From left: Jiří Polák, Director, Endownment Fund “Věčná naděje”, Jan Kodeš, legendary Czech tennis player, and famous jazzman Pavel Smetáček, Founder, Traditional Jazz Studio Pavla Smetáčka
From left: Profesor MUDr. Pavel Calda, CSc., Head of the Fetal Medicine Centre Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Jiří Kostelecký, Writer
Prince Karl Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis
From left: Kateřina Kachlíková, Mezzosopranist, Jiří Kostelecký, Writer, and Blanka Adensamová, Artist