In a career spanning over two decades, the indisputable winner of the Grand Prix at the 2016 International Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition, Lukáš Vondráček has travelled the world and performed with the foremost orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan, Frankfurt Radio, Czech Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony and Oslo Philharmonic. He is a frequent collaborator of conductors such as Paavo Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Jakub Hrůša, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, Klaus Mäkelä, Michael Tilson Thomas, Giancarlo Guerrero, Manfred Honeck, Xian Zhang, Pietari Inkinen, Vasily Petrenko, Anu Tali, and Stéphane Denève, among many others.
In recitals, Lukáš has performed at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Flagey in Brussels, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Wiener Konzerthaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and to renowned festivals such as Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Edinburgh International Festival, Chopin and his Europe, Le Piano Symphonique at KKL, PianoEspoo in Finland, Prague Spring Festival and Lille Piano Festival.
Lukáš Vondráček’s 2024/25 season highlights include frequent collaborations with Luzern Symphony Orchestra as he looks forward to the performances with them both in Lucerne and at the Dvořák Prague Festival. This season Lukáš also rejoins his frequent collaborators Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša for performances across Asia. Further season highlights are performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, Copenhagen Philharmonic under Thomas Dausgaard, Orchestre National de Lille under Jean-Claude Casadesus, Dresden Philharmonic under Maxim Emelyanychev, Janáček Philharmonic under Daniel Raiskin and Prague Symphony Orchestra under Tomáš Brauner. Lukáš’s recitals this season include appearances at the Salle Philharmonique in Liège and at Flagey in Brussels.
At the age of four Lukáš Vondráček made his first public appearance. As a fifteen-year-old in 2002 he made his debut with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy which was followed by a major US tour in 2003. His natural and assured musicality and remarkable technique have long marked him out as a gifted and mature musician. He has achieved worldwide recognition by receiving many international awards, foremost first prizes at the Hilton Head and San Marino International Piano Competitions and Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as the Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award at the 2009 International Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
Lukáš Vondráček obtained an Artist Diploma from Boston’s New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Hung-Kuan Chen, graduating with honors in 2012.
September 2024
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