- Jan Panenka
Jan Panenka (
July 8 ,1922 –12 July 1999 [ [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S20806.htm Panenka, Jan ] ] ) was a Czech pianist. He recorded many of Beethoven's works. He played for many years with theSuk Trio .Life
He began the concert career in 1944, as a pupil of František Maxián at the
Prague Conservatory . In 1951 he was awarded the 2nd prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition. He attracted the attention of the world audiences in 1959, on a concert tour toAustralia andJapan with theCzech Philharmonic [Sleeve note of the Supraphon CD (SU 3547-2 101)] . Panenka interrupted his career in 1979, due to hand problems. He worked as a conductor, but later returned to the piano and made the recordings with theSmetana Quartet . He worked also as a teacher at theAcademy of Performing Arts in Prague .As a soloist with the Czech Philharmonic he made also a number of gramophone recordings, in 1964-71 complete piano concertos of
Ludwig van Beethoven . He was awarded the "Grand Prix du Disque" for the recording of the violin sonatas (Janáček, Debussy...), together with Josef Suk.Discography
Allmusic reports that he performed works by:
*Antonín Dvořák
*Ludwig van Beethoven
* Josef Suk
*Robert Schumann
*Bohuslav Martinů
*Leoš Janáček
*Johannes Brahms
*Franz Schubert Allmusic reports that he performed together with the following musicians:
* Josef Suk (violinist)
* Panocha Quartet
*Josef Suk (composer)
* Suk Trio
* Josef Chuchro
* Orchestr Česká Filharmonie (Czech Philharmonic)References
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:44732 Allmusic.com: Jan Panenka]
* [http://www.supraphon.com/en/about-us/60th-anniversary/ Supraphon - 60th anniversary]
* [http://www.classicstoday.com/digest/pdigest.asp?perfidx=2949 ClassicsToday.com Review Digest for Performances by Jan Panenka]Footnotes
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