Prague Conservatory Accordionists at Concert Art Show – Czech Republic

April 9th 2021
Christine Johnstone

Video: Jindrich Feld: Concerto (I, II, excerpt) – Filip Kratochvíl (accordion) and Jirí Kollert (piano).

Prague Conservatory students of Ladislav Horák took part in the recent filming of the Concert Art Show held in the Martin u Hall Hamu.

Martin Šulc, Martin Kot and Filip Kratochvíl played a program of Piazzolla, Angelis, Hermosa, Ganzer and Kukal.

On April 10th, Filip Kratochvíl will be recording a concerto with the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra together with colleagues from the Prague Conservatory.

The concerto for accordion and orchestra (1975) by Jindrich Feld (1925-2007 – picture left) was written for Danish accordionist Mogens Ellegard and premiered in 1976 in Glasgow. Vladimir Cuchran recorded it in Pilsen, Czech Republic.