Miron Smidak

Miron Smidak (b. 1980) belongs among the most outstanding personalities of the young Czech musical generation. At present he is studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of professor Emil Leichner. He is the winner of several international piano competitions: Concertino Praga (1st Prize), Smetana Piano Competition (1st Prize), European Music Prize for Youth (2nd Prize), Greta Erikson European Piano Competition (4th Prize), Gustav Mahler Piano Competition (2nd Prize), Martinů Piano Competiton (1st Prize). Some of his most notable performances include his concert tour of Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland and Poland. He has also performed at prestigious festivals (Young Stage, Days of Conterporary Music Praha, Young Smetana?s Litomyšl, Daniel Music Days, Young Prague). In the Czech Republic he co-operates with prominent orchestras (Chamber Prague Orchestra, Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Pardubice etc.) and he records regularly for Czech Radio.