The annual Smetana Litomy\u0161l, the second oldest music festival in Czechia and the country's largest classical music festival outside of Prague, gets underway on Saturday. This year\u2019s edition, marking the bicentenary of the birth of Bed\u0159ich Smetana, promises to be the biggest in the festival\u2019s history. I discussed the event with its artistic director Marek \u0160ulc: