Martin Kasík

Martin Kasík, winner of one of the world's most prestigious Young Concert Artists Competition, has been playing the piano since he was 4 years old. He studied at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava under the guidance of Mgr. Monika Tugedliebová and AMU in Prague in the class of prof. Ivan Klánský. He has given concerts in a number of prestigious concert halls in Europe (Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Tonhalle Zürich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam, Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Auditorio di Barcelona, ​​etc.), the United States (Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Kennedy Center Washington etc.), Japan (Tokyo Suntory Hall), Taiwan (Philharmonic Hall) Singapore (Singapore Victoria Concert Hall). As a soloist, he performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, DSO Berlin, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Rotterdams Philharmonisch, Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri, among others. He regularly cooperates with the Czech Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra. city ​​of Prague FOK, with whom he toured the USA and Japan.

He is the winner of many domestic and international competitions and the holder of the Harmonie Award for the most successful young artist in 2002. In 2008 he became the president of the Chopin Festival in Mariánské Lázně. His recordings for Supraphon and Arco Diva have received top honors in the magazines Gramophone, Repertoire and Harmonie.