Lukáš Vondráček

Highlights of the 2012/13 season include concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Johannesburg Philharmonic and National Taiwan Symphony orchestras, and the Orchestre National de Belgique. He will give recitals in Munich, at the Washington Performing Arts Society, Wigmore Hall London and at the Waidhofen Klangräume Festival in Austria.

Highlights in recent seasons have included recitals at the International Piano Series in London, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Zurich's Tonhalle, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival, Dortmund's Next Generation Festival and the Klavier Festival Ruhr.

Vondráček made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy in May 2002 and since then his performances of Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn and Dvořák piano concertos have received particular critical acclaim. In February 2012 Vondráček won first prize at the 12th Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.