Special Salon in cooperation with the National Gallery: lecture and piano recital 6 June
We cordially invite you to a piano recital by Filip Martinka, which will take place on Tuesday 6 June in cooperation with the National Gallery. The concert will be preceded by a short lecture by educator Monika Švec Sybolová on Josef Mánes and musical motifs in his work. The lecture will be followed by music by Bedřich Smetana and Ferenc Liszt. The concert was created in cooperation between our Foundation and the National Gallery. The event starts with a lecture at 7 pm, followed by a concert.
Pianist Filip Martinka is a student of the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of doc. Martin Martina is a student of Martin Kasík. He has played as a soloist with several major Czech orchestras. In 2018, he played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto in C minor with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, and in the same year also Grieg's Concerto with the West Bohemian Orchestra. Last year, he performed Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto in concert with the PKF. In 2019, he toured Israel and Palestine. Among his greatest competitive achievements are 1st place at the Czech Conservatoire Competition (2016) and the title of laureate of the Prague Conservatoire Young Piano Competition (2018). He was honoured to perform with violin virtuoso Václav Hudeček at the concert of the Festival of Music in Prague (2017). In addition to solo playing, Filip also plays chamber music and piano accompaniment. For several years he has been performing with cellist Jakub Gráf. Together they won the laureate award at the international competition of the Czech Radio Concertino Praga (2018).


