Janis Sidovský (born 21 January 1968 in

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producer, manager and publicity supervisor. He has been awarded 3 Platinum records, his theatre production "Night on Karlštejn" was nominated on the Czech Theatre Award Thalie (2017).

Career

Sidovský is the leading representative of PR in show business. Created a campaign for the Czech versions of the world's musical Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!, Miss Saigon, Rocky and Grease, he also participated in domestic theatre projects such as Cleopatra, Dracula and Rebels. He lectures on public relations in culture at universities. As a producer and author, he created a 13-part series of the TV show "Queens of Pop", which is one of the most successful TV events in the Czech Republic. He was the producer of the special event ''Tribute to President

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'' in the

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during 2003, as well many charity concerts, pop stars tours and theatre performances. His theatre production "Night on Karlštejn" with music from Karel Svoboda is successfully presented for the fourth season at

Karlštejn Karlštejn Castle ( cs, hrad Karlštejn; german: Burg Karlstein) is a large Gothic castle founded in 1348 by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor-elect and King of Bohemia. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as ...

Castle (from summer 2016). He was a member of the marketing board at the Prague National Theatre, and has co-operated with the charity foundation ''Vize 97'' of Dagmar a Václav Havel and ''Kapka naděje''. Now, he is a member of the Czech Academy of Popular Music. Between 2008 and 2012, he worked as a marketing and program director of Czech digital television

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. He was also Vice-Chairman. During the period of his leadership of the station became the fourth most watched TV in the country. In 2017, he was chairman of the Czech jury of

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. In February 2019 Germany elected him as a member o
The International Expert Jury
Of the national finale

"Unser Lied für Israel". He is currently the speaker of The

Czech National Symphony Orchestra The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (ČNSO or CNSO) ( cs, Český národní symfonický orchestr) is a Czech symphony orchestra based in Prague. The orchestra principally gives concerts at the Smetana Hall, Municipal House (''Smetanova síň O ...

an
Prague Proms
Music Festival.

Personal life

Sidovský and his

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Pavel Vítek Pavel Vítek (born 30 September 1962) is a Czech singer and actor. He performed in the musicals ''Les Misérables'' (as Marius), ''Miss Saigon'' (as John), '' Grease'' (as Teen Angel), and in the play '' Romeo and Juliet'' (as Mercutio). He is ...

were the first gay Czech couple to announce their marriage after the Czech Republic legalised same-sex civil unions in 2006. He supported the Czech minority LGBT several financial gift, especially at an auction of artworks in a charity project Art For Life.

References

External links

sidovsky.cz Official website

Janis Sidovský: Jak se "dělá“ nová televize (Ondřej Aust – zpravodajství o médiích v Česku)
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