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The Czech Republic’s biggest pop-star, Karel Gott, was taken to hospital on Monday after reportedly suffering two heart attacks. The 76-year-old singer was rushed to Prague’s Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and underwent surgery on Tuesday. His wife confirmed the news about the heart surgery on Gott’s Facebook page, without adding any further details.

Veteran singer Karel Gott has cancelled concert scheduled for the near future after being taken to hospital. An announcement about the cancellations was posted on his Facebook page without further details. The statement asked that his privacy be respected. Doctors told the singer, who is 76, to reduce his public activities after he suffered from heart arrhythmia in the summer.

In this week’s Sunday Music, we talk about a wooden toy factory, board games on iOS and board games on the table, football (again) and zombie hunters (today, zombies are cute enough for kids!)

The veteran Czech singer Karel Gott sang for the manager of the German Under 21 soccer team, Horst Hrubesch, in Prague on Monday. The coach and former German international, who is 64, said at a news conference that he had known Gott for 25 years and had welcomed the invitation to his home. The Czech Republic play Germany at the European Under 21 Championship in Prague on Tuesday evening in a game that the hosts need to win to ensure qualification for the semi-finals. Hrubesch said Gott had told him both teams had a place in his heart: the Czech Republic was home, but Germany, where he has sold millions of albums, meant a lot to him.

Veteran singer Karel Gott was named Absolute Winner at the annual TýTý television awards in Prague on Saturday night. The 75-year-old also picked up the Singer of the Year gong. Programme of the Year was Všechnopárty, with the show’s Karel Šíp also taking the Entertainer of the Year award. Czech Television’s First Republic received the Series of the Year prize. The TýTý television awards are voted on by readers of the magazines Týdeník Televize and TV Max.

The Český slavík (Czech Nightingale) poll of musician of the year has been won for the 39th time by veteran pop star Karel Gott. At a ceremony at Prague’s State Opera on Saturday night, Gott, who is 75, also received a special Absolute Nightingale prize for earning the most points in the history of the competition, which is voted on by members of the public. Best female singer was Lucie Bílá, who took the award for the 18th time, rockers Kabát were best band and singer Elis was best newcomer.

Kdyby tisíc klarinetů, or If a Thousand Clarinets, is a charming 1964 Czech musical film featuring a host of stars of the day, including singers Waldemar Matuška, Karel Gott, Eva Pilarová and Hana Hegerová, the great songwriters and musicians Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr, and actors such as Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský and (not wearing his director’s cap) Jiří Menzel.

Karel Gott has won the Český slavík (Czech Nightingale) award once again. The 74-year-old pop singer has won the prize, which is decided by a public vote, 38 times since it was launched in 1963 but last year was beaten to it by Tomáš Klus. Mr. Gott did not attend Saturday night’s ceremony at Prague’s State Opera as he was touring in Germany, where he is also very popular. Awards in other categories went to Lucie Bílá and the group Kryštof.

Today’s programme will be dedicated to the Velvet Revolution which brought down the communist regime in November 1989. The events of November and December 1989 had a very distinctive soundscape: the rattling of the keys that thousands of protesters shook above their heads as well as slogans chanted by the crowds. But the soundtrack to the Velvet Revolution is much richer. A number of songs became unofficial anthems of the political change and the heady days of late 1989 are forever connected with music.

Television’s TýTý awards for the most popular TV personalities were handed out in Prague on Saturday night. Investigative reporter Josef Klíma received the highest number of votes, and became the overall winner. TV Prima’s Partička was voted the most popular comedy show while Czech TV’s Vyprávěj won the award for the most popular series. Karel Gott and Lucie Vondráčková won the categories of male and female signers, while actor Lubomír Lipský, who last week celebrated his 90th birthday, was inducted into TV’s hall of fame.