Martin Kasík: Chopin o Všech 24 etud v jednom večeru
Martin Kasík performs the rarely heard complete Chopin Études, Op. 10 and Op. 25, one of the most demanding cycles in the piano repertoire. An hour of music at the limits of human ability, where technical virtuosity turns into pure poetry.
All dates
Friday
12/11/2026
8:30 PM
Betlémská kaple
Praha
250 - 890 Kč
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Chopin: all 24 Études in one evening. After a successful performance at the Wrocław festival, now for the first time in Prague.
Martin Kasík performs the rarely heard complete Chopin Études, Op. 10 and Op. 25, one of the most demanding cycles in the piano repertoire. An hour of music at the limits of human ability, where technical virtuosity turns into pure poetry.
Martin Kasík is a winner of the Prague Spring International Music Competition and the prestigious Young Concert Artists auditions in New York. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, London's Wigmore Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and appeared as a soloist with the Czech Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chopin holds a special place in his repertoire, and he is president of the Chopin Festival in Mariánské Lázně.
Leave the pre-Christmas rush at the door of the historic Bethlehem Chapel and treat yourself to an evening when time stands still.
Programme (80 minutes including interval):
F. Chopin: Études, Op. 10
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F. Chopin: Études, Op. 25
Martin Kasík CV:
Martin Kasík is one of the most distinctive figures on the Czech music scene. Critics and audiences alike praise his creative, poetic approach to interpretation, capturing the atmosphere of the moment, a spiritual depth and an extraordinary richness and variety of moods.
He studied at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava with Prof. Monika Tugendliebová and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU) with Prof. Ivan Klánský. He further broadened his musical horizons in masterclasses with Lazar Berman, Garrick Ohlsson, Christian Zacharias and Paul Badura-Skoda.
His victories at the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 1998 and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York in 1999 opened the door to the world's leading stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zürich, Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam, Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Auditorio de Barcelona, Suntory Hall Tokyo and the Kennedy Center in Washington.
He has performed under conductors such as Pinchas Zukerman, Marin Alsop, Yakov Kreizberg, Ingo Metzmacher, Serge Baudo, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Libor Pešek, Jakub Hrůša and Tomáš Netopil, with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic and Singapore Philharmonic. He collaborates regularly with the Czech Philharmonic and the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, with whom he has toured Japan and the USA.
His recordings for Supraphon and ArcoDiva have received top awards from Gramophone, Répertoire and Harmonie magazines.