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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MUSIC AGENCY
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CONDUCTOR SINGERS PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN HARP VIOLA CELLO FRENCH HORN ENSEMBLES PROJECTS |
| Karel Košárek, graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He completed his studies in the United States (Dallas) in 1995 receiving the Artist Certificate and the degree of Master in Music. Karel Košárek has won a number of international piano competitions, i.a. laureate of Walter Naumburg Piano Competition in New York (1997). Recitals given in the past seasons in New York, Dallas, Palm Beach, Calgary, Tel Aviv, and St. Peretsburg, and appearance in concerts in Europe and Japan document Karel’s international musical involvement. He has also appeared at international music festivals and has cooperated with leading orchestras, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra. He has frequently cooperated with the mezzo Magdalena Kožená, accompanying her in concerts throughout the Czech Republic, at an appearance for the Deutsche Grammophon in Hamburg and in Wiena, festivals Mitte Europe, Saint-Denis in Paris, Verbier, her US debut in the Lincoln centre in May 2001 and a during her Japanese tour in 2006. Karel Košárek regularly records for acclaimed record labels such as Supraphon and Naxos. His first solo recording included the works by Bedřich Smetana, Bohuslav Martinů, Samuel Barber and George Gershwin (by Radioservis in 2000). In 2005 he recorded a CD of songs with a highly-acclaimed Czech baritone Roman Janal (Supraphon). Together with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (under the baton of Christopher Hogwood) and violinist Bohuslav Matousek he recorded a CD with compositions by Bohuslav Martinů (released by Hyperion in February 2008). His most recent disc is a solo recital of Martinů piano works for the Supraphon, which includes several world premier recordings (January 2008 release). In 2009, he will perform the complete works for piano and orchestra of Bohuslav Martinů upon the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer and accompany Magdalena Kožená on her tour in USA. |
