Bambini di Praga ("Children of Prague" in Italian) was a Czech children's choir based in Prague and active from 1973 to 2011. The collective was composed mainly of girls.
In 1939, Bohumil KulÃÂnský Sr. (born 1910) established a children's choir in Hrabà ¯vka, a district of Ostrava, at the time a part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The choir was called Hrabà ¯và ¡tàsingers and they won their first singing competition in 1940. Thanks to this success, KulÃÂnský was invited to Prague where in 1945, he founded DÃÂtský pÃÂvecký sbor ÃÂeskoslovenského rozhlasu (Children's Choir of Czechoslovak Radio), also known as KulÃÂnÃÂata. During this period, the choir's popularity grew.
In 1973, cooperation with Czechoslovak Radio was interrupted. KulÃÂnský, together with his wife Blanka, continued at the helm of the choir, however, and they rehearsed in a primary school instead, where they remained until the 2002 Prague floods. On 1 May 1973, the choir was renamed Bambini di Praga.
Around 1975, at the age of 16 or 17, Bohumil KulÃÂnský Jr. created a second choir, Bimbi di Praga, composed of the smallest and most talented singers. Several well-known musicians have passed through the ranks of the younger choir, including Lenka Dusilová, Martina ÃÂechová, and Jana Bouà ¡ková. In 1977, KulÃÂnský Jr. became the choirmaster of Bambini di Praga. His father died in 1988.
During this time, Blanka KulÃÂnská led Chlapecký sbor Praà ¾ského muà ¾ského sboru FOK (Boys' Choir of the Prague Men's Choir FOK). Some famous names who have performed in the choir include David Koller, Petr Malásek, Jan ÃÂenský, TomÃ¡à ¡ Trapl, Martin Kumà ¾Ã¡k, and Radek KrejÃÂÃÂ.
In 1990, six months after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Blanka KulÃÂnská and Bohumil KulÃÂnský Jr. established a private music school in Prague, à  kola sborového zpÃÂvu pà Âi Bambini di Praga (Bambini di Praga School of Choral Singing).
In 2004, Bohumil KulÃÂnský was arrested and charged with numerous acts of sexual abuse of minors, with a final tally of 49 victims between 1984 and 2004. On 23 April 2008, he was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment with parole for the sexual abuse of 23 girls, some of whom were as young 15 when the acts took place. KulÃÂnský began his sentence, by that point extended to 5.5 years, in January 2009.
On 28 June 2011, shortly after Bohumil KulÃÂnský's conditional release from prison, Bambini di Praga announced that they would end their activities.
In September 2018, KulÃÂnský died of kidney failure at the age of 59. His mother, Blanka, died in 2022.
In 2025, Broken Voices, a film directed by Ondà Âej ProvaznÃÂk and inspired by the real-life Bambini di Praga case, was released. It had its world premiere on 6 July, at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it competed for the Crystal Globe.