The city of Prague has been at the forefront of classical music at least since Mozart uttered the famous words "Meine Prager verstehen mich" ("My Praguers understand me") and premiered his works here. The Czech metropolis continues to celebrate its lofty music heritage today with the annual Prague Spring festival, one of the largest and best known classical music festivals

in Central Europe, which commences on Tuesday, as every year with a performance of Bedřich Smetana’s My Country.