Tomáš Víšek

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Tomáš Víšek (born 1957) is a Czech pianist.

Early life

Víšek began study of the piano at eight years of age under professor

Prague Academy of Performing Arts, at first under professor Josef Páleníček and then under professor Zdeněk Jílek
, with whom he continued post-graduate studies in the years 1990–1993. In 2017, he finished his Ph.D. studies at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague (dissertation "Attraction and Problems of the Antonín Dvořák´s Piano Works").

Career

During his studies, Víšek became a many-time laureate in domestic competitions including Ústi nad Labem, Hradec Králové and Mariánské Lázně. He gained prizes at many international competitions (see lower). He performed in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Egypt, Japan, USA, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Finland, Switzerland and Austria. He repeatedly gave performances in the Vienna Musikverein as soloist in

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and E.W. Korngold. In 1997, he performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
several times with orchestra in the Dvorak Hall of Prague Rudolfinum, which he repeated in 1998, and at St. Wenceslas Festival in 2003, Piano Festival of Rudolf Firkušný in 2017, etc.

An interview with Tomáš Víšek in Czech Music described him as, "An explosive type of an artist who is always fully absorbed in the play. It is almost with an obsession and devilish attitude that he enjoys every twist and turn in the plot of the play. With a unique touch, he moves it into convincing levels with deep absorption. He is unveiling various secret of the manuscript and he has proved to keep the audience in suspense for a long duration." (Hudební rozhledy, 2/98). In 2007 Víšek and cellist František Brikcius organized the "Weinberger Tour", celebrating the music of Czech composer Jaromír Weinberger, in 1999 created (with other 4 pianists) the special concert programme "Classic Piano Jike(r)s".

Awards and honors

In international events, Víšek acquired awards in the Chopin competition in Warsaw, 1975 (Janina Nawrocka Special Prize) and the Smetana competition in Hradec Kralove, 1978 (2nd prize plus an award for Smetana interpretation). During the nineties, he followed this success by winning the Second Prize in international competitions in Vienna (1992), the 2nd Prize + Bach-Award at Sicilian Ragusa (1994), 5th Prize in the "Concours Milosz Magin" in Paris, 1995. In the 21st century, he gained prizes at the "Concours Musical de France" in Paris, 2013 (1st Prize + CMF-Prix), "Music Without Limits" in Druskininkai, 2015 (1st Prize), video-competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso", 2015 (1st Prize) and "International Music Competition for Piano Teachers" in Warsaw, 2016 (1st Prize and again in 2023), video-competition "Golden Classical Music Awards", 2021 (1st Prize, with the performance at the Carnegie Hall), video-competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso", 2022 (1st Prize, with the performance at Concertgebouw).

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