Michaela Fukačová
Michaela Fukačová (born March 27, 1959 in Brno ) is a Czech cellist . She plays an Italian instrument made by Carlo Tononi .
education
After studying the piano, she switched to playing the cello and took part in competitions. She is a laureate of the Prague Spring Prize (1984), the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the international competition in Scheveningen , winner of the L. Rose Prize of the Walter Naumburg Cello Competition in New York, as well as Czechoslovak prizes and recognitions for the Performances of works by Antonín Dvořák or contemporary composers.
The graduate of the Janáček Academy for Music and Performing Arts Brno of the Prague AMU, the soloist class of the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen, attended courses in London with Williem Pleeth and other cellists.
Musical career
As a soloist, she has worked with Czech, Slovak and Scandinavian orchestras, but also z. B. with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra , the Hamburg Mozart Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfónica de Radiotelevision Española, the Orchester Philharmonique du Luxembourg and with the conductors Gerd Albrecht , and Jiří Bělohlávek .
In addition to the repertoire of fundamental works of cello literature, it devotes itself to the works of old masters (e.g. the first revival of the Cello Concerto in C major by Pavel Vranický after two centuries) and new creations. For the New York publisher Bridge Records she recorded the cello concerto "Anima" by Poul Ruders , which is inspired by the work of CG Jung , and for the publisher Dacapo she recorded the cello concerto by Hermann David Koppels ; In 2009 she premiered a concert by Anders Koppel and in 2012 the concert by Jesper Koch entitled “Dreamscapes”. Her recording of the cello concerto "Six realms" by the American composer Peter Lieberson won the " Gramophon award " in the USA in 2006 , and a year later she was also nominated for the five most successful recordings in the USA for the "Best Classical Album of the Year". On Czech soil she won the prize for the best solo performance with the recording of Mysliveček's Concerto in C major on the occasion of the first year of the “Grammy Classic” in Prague 1996.
Michaela Fukačová received, among other things, the Danish Critic's Prize and honorary membership of the oldest Danish academy in Sorø.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Michaela Fukačová. In: Osobnosti.cz. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fukačová, Michaela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |