Otakar Ševčík Festival 2026: Closing Concert

Name: Otakar Ševčík Festival 2026: Closing Concert
Start: 2026-08-20T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-20T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Hotel Prácheň

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 · 20:00 ✨ New

Hotel Prácheň, Horažďovice

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The closing concert will offer listeners a selection from the chamber repertoire of both students and instructors of the Ševčík Academy. As is traditional, all participants and instructors will perform, including Josef Špáček, Tomáš Jamník, Jan Fišer, Stanislav Gallin, and Petra Malíšková.

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Stanislav Gallin

Josef Špáček
Tomáš Jamník
Jan Fišer
Petra Malíšková

About: Stanislav Gallin

Stanislav Gallin is a piano soloist and graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU). He works as a chamber musician and studio artist, performing classical repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the Romantic era at concerts in the Czech Republic.

About: Josef Špaček

Born in Třebíč, Josef Špaček is among the most prominent violinists of his generation - a 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition laureate and former youngest-ever concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, now a sought-after soloist on stages from Berlin and Tokyo to Chicago.

Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels 2012 (laureate)

Youngest concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic in the orchestra's history

Award for the album Dvořák/Janáček/Suk (Supraphon 2015) - Recording of the Week, Recording of the Month and Year etc.

What's new

2026-02
Album Martinů: Violin Concertos No. 1 and 2 (Supraphon, October 2025) received the Diapason d'Or award in February 2026 from the French magazine Diapason.
2025-10
Supraphon released on October 17, 2025 a new album by Špaček with Martinů's Violin Concertos No. 1 and 2 and Stravinsky's Divertimento, recorded with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Petr Popelka.
2025-26
In the 2025/26 season, Špaček makes his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Tour

PittsburghLondonTokyoHong KongBerlinHamburgBambergMannheimSaarbrückenPrahaPardubiceDvůr Králové nad Labem

Tracks

Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor / Janáček: Violin ConcertoSupraphon album 2015 with Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek, Recording of the Week (Sunday Times)

Martinů: Concerto for Violin, Piano and OrchestraSupraphon album 2023 with Miroslav Sekera and PRSO, positively received by BBC Music Magazine

Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Stravinsky: DivertimentoSupraphon album, October 2025, awarded Diapason d'Or (February 2026)

Trio Zimbalist: Weinberg, Auerbach, Dvořák (Piano Trios)debut CD of Zimbalist Trio, Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2024

Smetana / Janáček / Prokofiev (violin & piano)debut solo CD for Supraphon 2013 with Miroslav Sekera

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