PIANO DEPARTMENT
MgA. Jakub Uhlík, Ph.D.
PIANO DEPARTMENT
About:
The piano department prepares regular concert performances of its students in the Black Hall of the International Conservatory Prague, especially for classmates, friends and parents, but also for the public. Pianists will participate in most of the school-wide appearances in and outside the Korunní Theater. Out-of-school performances include the participation in the subscription cycle “Stars grow stars” at the National Technical Library in December 2016. We are also looking forward to showcase the artistic growth of our students to young listeners as part of school concerts. Jaromír Klepáč, Head of the Piano Department
SUPERVIZOR ODDĚLENÍ
Ivo Kahánek
Jako interpret nevšední emocionální síly a hloubky si Ivo Kahánek získal pověst jednoho z nejpůsobivějších umělců své generace. Svůj dar okamžitě navázat citovou vazbu s publikem dokáže náležitě zužitkovat ve skladbách od baroka po modernu, s těžištěm v romantickém repertoáru. V cizině je rovněž pokládán za specialistu na interpretaci české hudby.
V roce 2004 se stal absolutním vítězem mezinárodní hudební soutěže Pražské jaro a již předtím získal ocenění v mnoha významných kláních u nás i v cizině (Maria Canals Piano Competition v Barceloně, Vendome Prize ve Vídni, Stiftung Tomassoni Wettbewerb v Kolíně nad Rýnem, Mezinárodní soutěž Fryderyka Chopina v Mariánských Lázních, Concertino Praga aj.).
Po úspěšných debutech na festivalu Beethovenfest v Bonnu a na Pražském jaru obdržel pozvání od Symfonického orchestru BBC k vystoupení na festivalu BBC Proms v londýnské Royal Albert Hall. Tam v srpnu 2007 pod taktovkou Jiřího Bělohlávka provedl Klavírní koncert č.4 Inkantace Bohuslava Martinů, živě přenášený televizí a rádiem BBC i českou stanicí Vltava. Tento kritikou oceněný debut nabízí německé vydavatelství Deutsche Grammophon jako digitální download. Není divu, že si Ivo Kahánka vybral Sir Simon Rattle ke dvěma vystoupením s Berlínskou filharmonií v listopadu 2014. Následoval nadšený ohlas odborné kritiky i široké veřejnosti. Mladý klavírista se stal po Rudolfu Firkušném teprve druhým českým pianistou v historii, jenž vystoupil s tímto světoznámým tělesem. Kromě toho spolupracuje Ivo Kahánek pravidelně s Českou filharmonií a má za sebou úspěšná vystoupení s Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Glasgow, Essener Philharmoniker, Orchestrem WDR Kolín nad Rýnem, Curyšským komorním orchestrem, Symfonickým orchestrem Hlavního města Prahy FOK, Symfonickým orchestrem Českého rozhlasu, Pražskou komorní filharmonií, Filharmonií Brno a mnoha jinými. Z dalších významných umělců, s nimiž spolupracoval, jmenujme alespoň dirigenty Semjona Byčkova, Jakuba Hrůšu, Andrése Orozco-Estradu, Rafaela Payareho, Pinchase Steinberga, Vladimira Ashkenazyho, Tomáše Netopila, Andreje Borejka, Libora Peška či Zdeňka Mácala, houslistu Daniela Hopea, violoncellistku Alissu Weilerstein, violistu Paula Neubauera, Pavel Haas Quartet, Tetzlaff Quartet, sopranistku Martinu Jankovou či tenoristu Pavla Černocha. V roce 2018 se stal držitelem ceny Classic Prague Award za sólistický výkon roku.
VEDOUCÍ ODDĚLENÍ
MgA. Jakub Uhlík, Ph.D.
Jakub Uhlík (*1984) He comes from a musical family. He began his musical education at the age of five at Bohuslav Jeremiáš Art School in České Budějovice in the class of Mgr. Božena Slancová. He continued his studies at the conservatory under Professor MgA. Magdy Štajnochrové. He finished his studies in the class of Prof. Ivan Klánský at the Prague HAMU. He also completed a one-year internship at the Musikhogskole Oslo in the class of Prof. Havard Gimse. During his studies, he attended many master classes led by teachers such as: Avo Kouyoumidjan, Frederic Lagarde, George Hlinka, Lars Vogt, Walter Groppenberger, Kurt Seibert, Leif Ove Andsnes, Irina Lein-Edelstein, Edith Kraus etc. He is a laureate or bearer prizes for the following competitions: International Smetana CompetitionInternational Piano Competition Beethoven's HradecInternational Chopin Competition in Marianske LazneInternational Mahler Piano CompetitionInternational Competition of Rudolf FirkušnýProBohemiaCompetition of Bohuslav MartinůCompetition Competition of the Czech RepublicVirtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte, Austria, Germany, France, France etc. Slovakia, Turkey. He has played over 500 concerts during his artistic career. Even under the direction of conductors: Jakub Hrůša, Mark Ivanovič, Stanislav Vavřínek, Jaroslav Krček, David Švec, Petr Chromčák, and others. He participated in the project "In Memory of the Czech Terezin Composers" He performed at festivals such as Janáček May, The best, Český Krumlov Festival, Sicilia Musica, Classical Afyonkarahisar, Musiktage Koblenz, Chopin Festival Mariánské Lázně etc. He also actively plays chamber music. His permanent chamber partners are: Petr Ries (Czech Philharmonic), Simona Pingitzer (FOK), Felix Slováček Jr., Lukáš Moťka (Č.F.) and others. As a member of the Prague Modern ensemble he participated in recording with Pascal Gallois- label Stradivarius. He is teaching at the International Conservatory in Prague. Where he teaches chamber music and piano.
MgA. Augustin Kužela
He comes from Karlovy Vary. Since his childhood, he was fortunate enough to meet the prominent personalities of our century. He listened to the advice and experience of master Aram Khachaturian, who often visited Karlovy Vary. At the State Conservatory in Prague he studied under prof. Dr. Cross and after graduation he continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under prof. Balogh. He has performed as a solo pianist in many European countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy), Japan - Tokyo, USA - New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Taiwan - Taipei. He has made a number of recordings for Czech Radio and Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich. His favorite authors include Rachmaninov, Skrjabin, Liszt. He often collaborates with singers in concerts and in the preparation of opera works. He teaches as a professor at the State Conservatory in Prague.
Michal Rezek
He comes from Karlovy Vary. Since his childhood, he was fortunate enough to meet the prominent personalities of our century. He listened to the advice and experience of master Aram Khachaturian, who often visited Karlovy Vary. At the State Conservatory in Prague he studied under prof. Dr. Cross and after graduation he continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under prof. Balogh. He has performed as a solo pianist in many European countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy), Japan - Tokyo, USA - New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Taiwan - Taipei. He has made a number of recordings for Czech Radio and Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich. His favorite authors include Rachmaninov, Skrjabin, Liszt. He often collaborates with singers in concerts and in the preparation of opera works. He teaches as a professor at the State Conservatory in Prague.
Mgr. Jaromír Klepáč
Head of department
Jaromír Klepáč (*1961) is the winner of a number of interpretation competitions, such as the Chopin Competition in Mariánské Lázně, the International Piano Duo Competition, the Interpretation Competition of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and others. He won 3rd prize at the ARD 1984 International Music Competition in Munich and 2nd prize at the Martinů Prix in Paris. He has made recordings for European companies Supraphon, Panton, Bonton, Calliope, Harmonia Mundi and American company RIAX. For recording Mendelssohn's sextet for piano and strings, Diapason d´Or was awarded the 2006 Best Chamber Record of the Year in France. As a soloist or a sought-after chamber partner, he performs repeatedly in the leading musical centers of Europe and overseas (USA, Canada, Asia, Africa); Prague is one of the stars of music life. In recent seasons he has performed in the Tchaikovsky Concerto in B minor with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra or in Liszt's Concerto in E flat Major with the FOK Symphony Orchestra. He also performed several times in Schumann's Concerto in A minor with the Philharmonie Südwestfalen with conductor Harris Russel. Piano recitals in the Dvořák Hall in Prague, Reykjavik, Sofia, Brussels, The Hague, Dresden, Frankfurt, M., Warsaw were very successful and received a positive evaluation by expert critics. In the Czech Republic, he performed at the Prague Spring, Pardubice Music Spring, Dvořák Music Festival, etc. At the Czech Touches of Music 2014 he performed together with violinist Václav Hudeček at Mendelssohn's Concerto for Piano, Violin and Orchestra. In November and December 2014 he performed at 40 concerts in important French concert halls where he performed compositions by Sergei Rachmaninov and Fryderyk Chopin accompanied by a symphony orchestra. He is a professor of piano and also head of the piano department at the Prague International Conservatory. He leads master classes in Salzburg, Telč, Reykjavik, Edmonton, Rio de Janeiro and Prague.
MgA. Philipp Subbotin
Philipp Subbotin je absolventem dvou vysokých škol. V roce
2006 absolvoval vyhlášenou Akademii Gněsyných (prof. Věra
Nosina) a pak v roce 2009 dokončil svá studia na HAMU ve
třídě legendárního českého klavíristy a profesora Ivana
Moravce.
V letech 1997-2001 studoval na státní konzervatoři
Schnittkeho (S. Masychev). Spolupracoval s orchestry
Cantilena (dirigent A. Istomin) a Cantus firmus (dirigent A.
Churgin), vystupoval v sálech Akademii Gněsyných, v muzeu
Ostrovského, v muzeu Skrjabina, domě Novinářů.
V roce 2001 Philipp získal 1. cenu na soutěži "Umění 21. století
v Itálii (Vicenza)
Své hudební vzdělání si rozšířil na různých mistrovských
kurzech (Berta Kremenshtein, Vladimír Tropp, Stanislav
Pochekin, Monique Duphil, Karl Blankenheim, Ivan Moravec)
V roce 2001 založil klavírní duo "DUO Eleganza" s Janou
Subbotinou.
Pravidelně vystupuje v Itálii, Francii (Festival Les Cles du
Classique), ve Španělsku (Escorial, Festival Musica Sacra
(Segovia), Festival Santa pere de Rhodes), Dánsku, Švédsku,
Srbsku, Německu, Rakousku, Maďarsku, USA (Tampa, NY).
Hraje sólové recitály v rámci projektu "Steinwey series",
Filharmonie: Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Togliatti, Vologda,
Magnitogorsk, Tomsk, Ivanovo.
V sezonách 2007/2011 zahrál řadu sólových recitálů ve
vyhlášeném Mezinárodním Domě Hudby v Moskvě.
Spolupracoval s umělci jako jsou Jaroslav Svěcený, Mark
Varšavský, Denis Shapovalov, Petr Nouzovský, Dmitry
Kalinin, Irina Samoilova, s dirigenty J. Fossheimem, D.
Tkalenkem, D. Luzinem, A. Krausovou.
V roce 2011 Philipp založil Art DUO Festival & Competition,
který se konal v Praze, Budapešti, Kodani, Římě, Madridu,
Barceloně, Berlíně, Gyoru, Vídni.
V porotě Art DUO Competition pracovali vyhlášení umělci
jako: prof. Jaroslaw Drzewiecky, prof. Stanislav Pochekin,
prof. Manana Kanataria, prof. Dragomir Bratič, prof. Věra
Nosina, prof. Eugeniy Chevkenov, Philippe Argenty.
Philipp je členem porot: mezinárodní soutěže Master
Competition ve Varšavě, M. Rostropoviče v Orenburgu, V.
Čačavy v Tbilisi.
Philipp je ředitelem klavírní školy Gradus ad Parnassum,
vyučuje klavír na ZUŠ Klecany (2007), ZUŠ Zbraslav (2021),
FZUŠ Stodůlky (2023).
