KYSELAK, LADISLAV Born on June 27, 1956 in Brno
He comes from a family of musicians. At the Brno Conservatory he first studied the violin and two years later he changed for the viola class of the outstanding teacher Professor Alois Moráň. Under his guidance he finished his studies in the year 1976 and in the same year he became a student of the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague in the class of Professor Josef Kod'ousek. At the end of his studies he gave a viola recital in the Dvorak Hall of House of Artists.
Of the many competitions that Ladislav Kyselák has taken part in, let us remember the honorary mention from the year 1975 at the competition of the Czech Ministry of Culture, in 1979 victory and the title of laureate in the same competition. He brought another honorary mention form the Isle of Man in Great Britain (1980) and the title of laureate from Portsmouth (1985).
Besides his solo activities, he is in demand as a chamber music player. He regularly records at the Czech radio, and is well known from television music programmes. He has alsomade a number of recordings for Czech and foreign music publishers. He toured many European countries, as well as the USA and Japan.
Ladislav Kyselák was a teach for four years at the Pardubice Conservatory; in the years 1986-1989 he played the first viola in the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava. In mid-1989 he became a member of the well known Janáček quartet and at the same time taught at the Janáček Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Brno.
His repertoire is broad; it includes solo compositions, chamber music and orchestral music, ranging from Baroque to contemporary. Ladislav Kyselak is a natural musician with a culture of technique and tone. All that makes him a much sought after musician.
A SELECTION OF THE REVIEWS CONCVERNING THE VIOLA PLAYER LADISLA KYSELÁK
"...the performance of the young artist was remarkable technically as well as from the point of view of expressivity. It is especially the richness of tone, organically linked with the intensity of musical message that gratify..."
- Lidová demokracie - May 1976
"¡Khe is a mature artist, musical, technically self possessed and a master of a smooth and colourful tone. Hindemiths' Sonata for solo viola Op.25 no.1 was an example of outstanding readiness and certainly of interpretation."
- Hudební rozhledy - November 1983
"...lively expression, carried by the emphasis on the emotional aspect of the performance of the given piece. Well articulated playing, natural phrasing, logical approach of the structure..."
- "An Evening in the Atrium" Hudební rozhledy - April 1985
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