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Eliška Tkadlčíková and Matouš Zukal: From Debussy to Gershwin
19:00, Salón Celetná (Celetná 12, Prague 1)
Eliška Tkadlčíková is one of the most promising talents of the younger generation of pianists. In 2026, she won the Oleg Podgorný Prize, the Gideon Klein Foundation Prize and the Czech Centres’ Prize for the most successful Czech participant at the Prague Spring International Competition. She is also the winner of the International Smetana Piano Competition (2025) and the Beethoven Teplice Competition (2024), where she was crowned the overall winner. As a soloist, she has performed with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Pilsen Philharmonic, the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic and orchestras abroad. She has performed at the Dvořák’s Olomouc, Smetana Days and Verão Clássico festivals, and was also awarded the Josef Hlávka Prize (2026). She graduated from the P. J. Vejvanovský Conservatoire in Kroměříž and is currently studying at HAMU in Prague in Ivo Kahánek’s class. She also studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien under Jan Jirack von Arnim.
Matouš Zukal is one of the leading figures of the younger generation of pianists. Among other achievements, he is a laureate of the Prague Spring International Competition (2nd prize) and a winner of the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Competition, the Concours International de Piano d’Île-de-France and the Martha-Debelli-Stiftung Competition. As a soloist, he has collaborated with the Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, the Brno Philharmonic and the Pilsen Philharmonic. He has performed at the Prague Spring, Dvořák Prague, Smetana’s Litomyšl and Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival, as well as at Concentus Moraviae, and has also appeared in the subscription series of the Czech Chamber Music Society. He studied at the Prague Conservatoire and the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) under Associate Professor Ivo Kahánek and Jan Bartoš. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies whilst also studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz in Markus Schirmer’s class.
Programme:
Enrique Granados: Love and Death
Frederic Mompou: Canciones y danzas Nos. 5 and 6
Claude Debussy: Preludes (selection)
- La puerta del vino (The Wine Gate)
- La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
- Feux d’artifice (Fireworks)
Vítězslav Novák: Memories, Op. 6 – Amoroso
Frederic Mompou: Paisajes
George Gershwin: a selection of songs from the Songbook
- I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
- Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)
- ’S Wonderful
- The Man I Love
- Nobody but You
- I’ve Got Rhythm

