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Jozef Kapustka

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Jozef Kapustka

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Recently coming to the large public attention with his "fantastic display of a virtuoso technique that few in the world could match" (Piano World) and "mind blowing, heart stopping and pushing to the extreme limits of human body " (France2) Prokofiev performances , Jozef Kapustka was born in Poland in 1969 and began his musical studies at the age of 3. Meeting Sviatoslav Richter shortly thereafter has set his vocation eversince. Upon graduating from the New York Juilliard School in 1992 with a straight A record he has completed a Postgraduate Advanced Studies diploma specialising in piano performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London , having worked subsequently with Dmitri Baskirov in Madrid and legendary Vera Gornostaeva in Moscow . He eventually settled down to live in Paris. Very early Kapustka started to appear in some of the world class premises such as New York Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum, United Nations, Carnegie Hall ("magical,amazing experience" as seen in "The New York Times") and has been featured on Voice of America International and New York classical radio WQXR live radio broadcasts ( "one of the most interesting radio programmings on the air"-New York Village Voice). Furthermore he has been featured on France Musique and Europe1 broadcasts. Passionate traveller he has been playing virtually all over the world, having also set a foot in such exotic places like Tahiti, Spitsbergen, Rio de Janeiro favelas or ancient Roman theaters in North Africa ("what a talent! a true juke-box! ask the piece,he plays it"- Depeche du midi, "close to delirious" - Figaro, "great pianist keen on introspection, obsessed technician" - Nurnberger Zeitung, " a particularly beautiful concert" - Christine Berbudeau for Radio France International ). Kapustka is a winner of numerous prizes and awards, among those 1994 Grand Prix of the Paris International Conservatory. A highly respected American critic and writer,David Dubal ("Remembering Horowitz") has once called Kapustka a " great pianist who loves his art", leading American authority on Liszt playing Jerome Lowenthal "an excellent and very interesting artist" , Josef Raieff ( last pupil of Alexander Siloti who on his turn was Liszt student) " man with million dollar hands", pianists Gyorgy Sandor and Oxana Yablonskaya respectively " true musical talent of an extraordinary potential " and " a very exciting and fully committed individual" . His solo or joint performances are unvariably and unanimously met by public and critical acclaim, as seen recently: "...a high voltage stuntman,inspired and talentuous" ; "sensational,both monumental and intimist pianist", "very few people in the world could attempt to match his dexterity and precision","highly entertaining playing" 20 minutes Europe,"...extraordinary talent"- Virginie Lemoine with Olivier Bellamy on France classique radio. His all-Chopin recital during 2010 Chopin Year in France was a " cultural event of the year" in the French department of la Sarthe. Also in 2010 he has given an all-Chopin recital on a historic 1850's Erard piano in Paris. The same year he has initiated  together with Marcio Selles a "Bach in Rio" project and recorded Bach keyboard concerti live with the Orquestra de Cordas da Grota conducted by Ubiratan Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro). Nominated for the most prestigious French theater award Molière 2010 for the best musical play of the year "Une diva a Sarcelles" (written and directed by Virginie Lemoine, with Brigitte Faure,Marie Chevalot,Smail Mekki). Mr.Kapustka future projects include a number of engagements in Europe and South America.


Performances by Jozef Kapustka

Composer Title Date Action
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 (excerpts) 09/02/2009 Play Add to playlist
Franz Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase 09/02/2009 Play Add to playlist
Frédéric Chopin Fantasy in F minor Op.49 09/29/2009 Play Add to playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in d minor BWV 1052 01/10/2011 Play Add to playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in d minor BWV 1052 (3) 01/10/2011 Play Add to playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in d minor BWV 1052 (2) 01/10/2011 Play Add to playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in d minor BWV 1052 (1) 01/10/2011 Play Add to playlist
Frédéric Chopin Fantasy in f minor (fragment) 09/02/2009 Play Add to playlist

Jozef Kapustka Concerts

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