Kryštof is a Czech name, equivalent to English Christopher. It may refer to:
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Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice was a Czech nobleman, traveler, humanist, soldier, writer and composer. He joined the Protestant Bohemian Revolt in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown against the House of Habsburg that led to Thirty Years' War. Following the victory of Catholic forces in the Battle of White Mountain, Harant was executed in the mass Old Town Square execution by the Habsburgs.
Support Lesbiens is a Czech musical group from Prague. It was founded in 1992. Their single "Cliché" was the first single by a Czech English-singing group to reach number one in an official radio chart IFPI. The band is considered to be a part of the New Age genre, though it carries many Rock features as well. After the release of a new single "Changes" with the new band members, the band is currently working on new album that should be ready in autumn 2013.
Havířov is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. Havířov was founded in 1955 and is the youngest Czech city. It is an industrial city, historically associated with hard coal mining in the region.
Marek Eben is a Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host.
Gipsy.cz is a Czech Romani hip hop group. They performed at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007 and represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, with the song "Aven Romale". The band plays a combination of hip hop and traditional Romani music, sung primarily in the Romani language, with some lyrics in Czech and English. As of 2013, they have released four studio albums.
Eben is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer.
Jakob Christof Rad was a Swiss-born Austrian physician and industrial manager. He had many other professional activities, was a director of a sugar factory in Dačice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary in 1843, and invented the process and associated machinery for cutting large block sugar into manageable uniform pieces. Rad is credited with the invention of sugar cubes.
Colours of Ostrava, or simply Colours, a multi-genre event, is the biggest international music festival in Czechia and one of the biggest in Central Europe, held every summer since 2002 in Ostrava, the third largest city in the country. Colours features 16 stages, including 4 big open-air stages, 6 indoor stages, a theatre stage, a workshop stage, a kids' stage, a cinema, and live discussions. It features performers from all major popular music genres as well as avant-garde music and world music.
Liška is a Czech surname meaning "fox". It may refer to:
Kryštof Hádek is a Czech actor.
The Anděl Awards is a Czech music award ceremony organized by the Czech Academy of Popular Music.
Ohrožený druh is a compilation album by Czech recording artist Michal Horáček, released on Sony BMG in 2008.
Kryštof is a Czech pop rock band founded in 1994 in Havířov by Richard Krajčo, Nikolaj Arichtev, Jaroslav Blahut, Biser Arichtev, and Pavel Studník. As of 2023, they have released nine studio albums, one EP, three live albums, one remix album, and two compilations.
Hádek is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:
"Sugar" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album V (2014). It was written by Mike Posner, Adam Levine, Dr. Luke, and Jacob Kasher Hindlin together with its producers Ammo and Cirkut. It was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United States, as the third single from the album on January 13, 2015. "Sugar" is a disco, funk-pop, and soul song that features a wide range of instruments including percussion, keyboards and guitars. Commercially, the song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became the band's third top 10 single from V, and eighth consecutive top 10 entry. "Sugar" is the 68th song in history to score at least 20 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The song was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2022, as their third certified single.
Klara is a Czech singer. She was named Female Singer of the Year at the 2015 Anděl Awards. She is the daughter of bass guitarist Vladimír Vytiska. Klara was a judge on the fourth season of Czech and Slovak SuperStar. She previously performed as part of band Toxique.
Slza is a Czech pop duo made up of singer Petr Lexa and guitarist Lukáš Bundil. They formed in 2014 and have since released four studio albums.
Katarze is the debut studio album of the Czech pop music group Slza. The album was released on November 13, 2015 by Universal Music. The group recorded in DC Sound studio from December 2013 to October 2015 under the supervision of producer Dalibor Cídlinský. The music for the songs was composed by Cídlinský and the guitarist of the band Lukáš Bundil, the author of the lyrics is Ondřej Ládek, known under the pseudonym Xindl X. For the album, the band was nominated for three awards 2015; Group of the Year, Discover the Year and Album of the Year. At the same time, the board was well sold, in the Czech IFPI debut in the first place and in the front seats was also held throughout the year 2016. During this year, it was awarded a three-platter board.
Vojtěch Dyk is a Czech actor and singer. The son of the literary critic Radko Pytlík, as a singer he is known for being frontman of musical groups Nightwork and Tros Discotequos.
Mandrage was a Czech pop rock band from Plzeň, active between 2001 and 2020. The group consisted of Vít Starý Matyáš Vorda (drums), Josef Bolan, Michal Faitl (bass), and František Bořík (keyboards). Their biggest hits include "Šrouby a matice", "Františkovy lázně", "Hledá se žena", "Na dlani", and "Motýli".