Summer Organ Concert

Summer Organ Concert with Pavel Kohout on the Saint Patrick's Cathedral Organ.

Pavel Kohout (b. 1976) winner of the prestigious First Prize, Gold Medal and J. S. Bach Prize at one of the world's largest international organ competitions, the International Organ Competition in Musashino - Tokyo 2000, is regarded today as one of the finest concert recitalists of his generation. He has won additional first prizes at international organ contests in Ljubljana 1998, Vilnius 1999 and several other major prizes and diplomas at competitions in Poznan, Kaliningrad, Bruges and Lübeck, including the "Dancing Angel" prize of the European Music Competition for Youth.

He is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory, studying with Jan Kalfus, and the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, under the tutelage of Prof. Jaroslav Tůma. He continued his studies in historical performance practice with renowned specialist Prof. Jacques van Oortmerssen at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He has attended international master classes by Harald Vogel, Ludger Lohmann, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry. He is currently studying for his Ph.D. in historical performance practice of the South German Baroque organ music at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

He regularly appears as a recitalist and soloist with international orchestras, in concert venues throughout Europe, Russia, China, Singapore, Israel, Japan, Australia and the United States. He has performed on international music festivals in Prague, Berlin, Frankfurt, Moscow, Haarlem, Zaragoza, Lisbon, Monaco, Jerusalem, Sapporo, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney. In his second Australian debut (2008), this time with Orchestra Victoria, he performed, with great success, on the Grand Organ at the Melbourne Town Hall.

His further activities include continued cooperation with Czech National Radio on the project "Historical Organs", helping to provide tours for organ experts and presenting international master classes. He recently completed a solo CD, “Prague – The Baroque Golden Age”, recorded on the oldest Prague´ s historical H. H. Mundt organ (1673) in the Church of Our Lady of Tyn in Prague and a solo CD “ANIMA AUREA BOHEMIAE”, recorded on the Katzer & Weltzel organ (1738) in Prague´s Loreto.

Event listed by Sherry Shelton

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