Ivan Medek

Ivan Medek was a Czech classical music critic, radio broadcaster and journalist. Medek was an important voice of the Czech anti-communist opposition movement, particularly after being forced into exile from Czechoslovakia in 1978. Medek collaborated closely with such Czechoslovak politicians as Václav Havel and Pavel Tigrid in opposition to communist rule. He was a brother of the Czech painter Mikuláš Medek and the son of the general Rudolf Medek.