Marek Kozák piano

“…seems to be one of the greatest Czech talents under 30, who sets a very high standard for piano performances. And unless something bars him from building on his present success, the inner voice hidden behind the tones can guide him to realise one of the most promising potentials of a fascinating and sustained growth,” reads a review (Milan Bátor) of Marek’s debut recording.

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Newly thirty years old piano piano virtuoso Marek Kozák has achieved a series of impressive results in a wide range of prestigous competitions.
His most recent honour is the laureate title in the highly demanding Councours Géza Anda Zürich 2021. In 2015, Marek was a semifinalist in one of the world leading contest, The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The following year, he gained second prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition and special award for his performance of the contemporary composition “The Jongleur“ by Adam Skoumal on top. In 2018, he won both first prize and the audience prize at the European Piano Competition in Bremen and in 2019 he was a finalist in the Busoni Competition in Bolzano.

Critics consistently praise his flawless technique, sense of proportion and gradation, wide range of expression, deep musicality and faithfulness to musical notation.

Marek Kozák is a regular guest of all leading Czech orchestras and abroad. This season we can hear him with Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Brno Philharmonic, he will also give numerous recital programmes in the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. His performances of both cycles of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (2023, 2024) as part of the Smetana Litomyšl IMF belong to the most awaited musical events of the season.

The new recording by Supraphon (March 2024) of Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos is a result of many years of research and exploration on the part of pianist Marek Kozák, who is interested in lesser-known piano pieces. He recorded concerts written by Karel Kovařovic, Vítězslava Kaprálová and Pavel Bořkovec with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Jindra.

He is a sought-after chamber musician. His musical partners include cellist Václav Petr and soprano Simona Šaturová.

Marek Kozák is a graduate of the piano class of Professor Ivan Klánský at HAMU in Prague and is currently teaching at the Gymnasium and Music School of the capital city of Prague. He is currently teaching at the Prague Music School.

In 2018 he released his first profile CD (ArcoDiva) with compositions by Joseph Haydn, Fryderyk Chopin, César Franck, Sergei Rachmaninov and Adam Skoumal.