Libor is invited by Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK) to perform on 15. December 2012 in the World Piano Music Series including recitals by Jonathan Biss, Yundi Li, Peter Rösel and others.

Music by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms and M. P. Mussorgsky will be recorded in excellent acoustics of Dvorak Hall in Prague Rudolfinum by Czech Radio.

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I Curso de piano del Conservatorio de Música Peñacorada y la Fundación Eutherpe

El curso tendrá lugar del 28 de abril al 1 de mayo y será dirigido por Libor Novacek

Stagione 2011/2012

Martedì 24 Aprile 2012 ore 21,00

TEATRO COCCIA – NOVARA

LIBOR NOVACEK

Pianoforte

Programma

L. van BEETHOVEN
Sonata in do maggiore Op.2 n.3
Allegro con brio – Adagio – Scherzo: Allegro – Finale:Allegro assai

J.BRAHMS
Phantasien op.116

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F.LISZT
Sonata in si minore
Lento assai. Allegro energico – Notturno – Allegro energico – Lento assai

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Libor will perform his third concert with Jersey Symphony orchestra and conductor Philip Ellis. After astounding success with Tchaikovsky Piano concerto No. 1 and Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” will present his beloved composer Liszt and Piano Concerto No. 1.

Several excellent pianists have played in Durban in recent weeks, and the latest is well up to the standard set by the others. He is Libor Novacek, a 34-year-old Czech who is building a big reputation in many parts of the world and is on his fourth visit to South Africa.

In a recital for the Friends of Music at the Durban Jewish Centre he demonstrated great virtuosity and a bold interpretative view of the music he was playing. He began with Beethoven’s Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, a splendid early (1796) work by the master.

Like all professional pianists these days, Novacek has an impeccable technique, and he used this to express an exceptionally dynamic and full-blooded performance of the music. It was a most enjoyable account of a familiar work, and the audience rewarded him with prolonged applause.

The late piano works of Brahms are perhaps not played as often as they should be, and the seven Fantasias of his Op.116 made a welcome appearance on the programme. The three fast items in the set are labelled Capriccio and the four quieter numbers Intermezzo. The Intermezzi include two of the most beautiful pieces in the entire piano repertory.

Libor Novacek then played two pieces by his Czech compatriot Leos Janacek (1854-1928) from a set rather quaintly named On an Overgrown Path. The music seemed to have its roots in folk music; it was distinctive and pleasantly ruminative.

Novacek is a specialist in the music of Franz Liszt, and he completed his programme with Liszt’s massive Sonata in B minor, written in 1853. Novacek extracted full value from it, with thundering octaves, fleet fingerwork and some beautiful playing in the lyrical passages.

by Michael Green

Full review 

The programme will feature works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt

• HARARE – ZIMBABWE ACADEMY OF MUSIC –Masterclass –10 March 2012
• HARARE – INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THEATRE –11 March 2012
• BULAWAYO – ROBERT SIBSON HALL – 13 March 2012
• DURBAM – DURBAN JEWISH CENTER – 20 March 2012

Saturday 11th February 2012, 7.30pm
Berkhamsted Civic Centre

The Carducci Quartet play regularly in London and elsewhere in the UK, as well as abroad. They have their own festival in Gloucestershire, and have many CDs to their name. Libor Novacek, the pianist, has produced some highly acclaimed CDs of Liszt and Brahms.
Haydn: Quartet in G min. (“Rider”) Op. 74 No. 3
Brahms: Seven Fantasies for Piano Op. 116
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A maj. Op. 81

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