Radoslav Kvapil

Radoslav Kvapil Born in Brno, Moravia, Radoslav Kvapil is considered by many international critics to be the most important Czech pianist and the finest exponent of Czech piano music. He has a distinguished lineage having studied at the Janacek Academy with Dr. Ludvik Kundera, Janecek"s closest disciple. He achieved early recognition as a pianist when he won the 1958 Leos Janacek competition in Czechoslavakia. Throughout his distinguished career, Radoslav Kvapil has specialised in the performance of Czech music world-wide. His knowledge and understanding of this repertoire remains unrivalled. (cf The Groves Dictionary, International Who"s Who in Music and Musicians" Directory, the Annual Music Diary (England), The American Biographical Institute and The European Biographical Directory (Belgium)

Radoslav Kvapil has performed in major festivals, for radio and television networks in Europe, Japan and the United States for a number of years. He has performed in major concert halls throughout the world, including the Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican Centre (London), Carnegie Recital Hall (New York) the Théatre des Champs Elysées (Paris), the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Centre and The Henry Crown Symphony Hall (Jerusalem).

He has given master-classes and lecture recitals worldwide including the Juillard School of Music (New York), the Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music (London), Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, Musikhochschule Frankfurt, Musikhogskolan Stockholm.

In 1998 three concert tours of the USA saw Radoslav perform as guest artist in the Salt Lake City Piano Festival and the Eastman School of Music Piano Festival.

In 1999, Radoslav Kvapil devoted his concert programmes to works by Chopin, showing a direct connection with Smetana and Dvorák. He performed in Israel, France and the USA and then in the Chopin International Piano Festival in Nohant where he also gave a lecture recital entitled "Chopin and Czech Music".

Radoslav Kvapil Radoslav has appeared in two television productions : a documentary film on Antonín Rejcha for Czech television, and an interview on the piano works by L.Janácek for French television.

Radoslav Kvapil has recently given master-classes in Israel (Rubin Academy Tel-Aviv), France Conservatoire, Paris), and the USA ( including the Eastman School of Music and North Texas University). After being a Jury Member of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1998, and Chairman of the Jury of the Dvorák International Piano Competition in 1999, he was again invited to be a Member of the Jury of the Schumann International Piano Competition in 2000.

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Smetana - Piano Music: Czech Dances (1877,1879), Bagatelles & Impromptus / Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

Smetana - Piano Music: Czech Dances (1877,1879), Bagatelles & Impromptus / Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Piano Music / Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Fibich, Martinu, Smetana, Vorisek - Czech Piano Anthology - Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Dvorak, Janacek, Smatana, Suk - Czech Piano Anthology - Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Dvorak - Piano Music. Theme & Variations, Poetic Tone Pictures (CD)

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Josef Suk - Six Piano Pieces. Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Smetana - Piano Music - Radoslav Kvapil (CD)

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Janáček - Piano music - Kvapil (CD)

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