PIANO DEPARTMENT
MgA. Jakub Uhlík, Ph.D.
PIANO DEPARTMENT
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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
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. Norbert Heller
Norbert Heller was born in Český Těšín, where he first became acquainted with music and piano. At the age of fifteen he was admitted to the Conservatory in Ostrava to the class of professor Marta Toader. During his studies he attended numerous public appearances, filmed for radio and television. He participates in many piano competitions. He is the winner of the Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition in Hradec nad Moravicí. He is one of the youngest participants to take part in the Fryderik Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Ivan Moravec and prof. Jan Panenka at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He studied chamber music under prof. Josef Vlach. Following are competitions in Vienna, Vercelli, Bolzano (Italy). Norbert Heller performs in many European countries, but also in the USA (New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Phoenix), Japan (Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo - Casals Hall). In addition to recitals, he regularly devotes himself to chamber music, mainly as a partner of violinists and singers. His rich discography includes titles from the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Smetana, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky. He also records on the historical instrument of the so-called "hammerklavier". Franz Schubert's sonatas, performed at Konrad Graff's "hammerklavier" at Libochovice Castle, were awarded the Czech Music Fund's award as Recording of the Year. In 2003, Norbert began collaborating with violinist Gabriela Demeterová, with whom he recorded a complete sonatas for WA Mozart's piano and violin at Libochovice Castle, and both performers, and thus the recording is unique, play historical instruments in their original tuning. soloist at the Niagara-on-the-Lake festival in Canada, and in the same year a CD with music by F. Schubert and JM Hummel with the excellent violoncello player Jiří Bárta was created.In 2008 he has been a member of the International Music Festival Young Prague (www.mladapraha.cz), which has been dreaming for 22 years í promote, support and familiar talented young musicians from around the world.