Michaela Fukačová
Michaela Fukačová (born 27 March 1959) is a Czech cellist. She took up the cello aged 14,[1] and won the Beethoven Cello Competition two years later. She is a past winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.[1] She studied at the Brno Conservatory,[1] the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) under Saša Večtomov,[1] the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and with André Navarra, Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich.
Awards and prizes
- Prague Spring Cello competition 1984
- Tchaikovsky Cello competition, Moscow 1986
- Cello Competition in Scheveningen 1987
- Walter Naumburg Competition, New York 1989 "Leonard Rose price"
- Nordic Biennale, Denmark 1987
- The Danish music critics award, 1988
- Grammy nomination for the best classical album, Denmark 1990
- "Grammy Classic" award for the best soloist of the year, Prague 1994
- Honorary member of the Academy in Sorø, Denmark 1995
- Member of The Czech Council of Foreign Relations 1992
- The Gramophone award for the CD with music of Peter Lieberson, 2006
- Grammy 07 nomination for the best classical album of the year, USA
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Michaela FUKAČOVÁ". czechmusic.org. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
External links
- Official website
- http://www.rozhlas.cz/socr_eng/reviews/_zprava/685382
- https://www.youtube.com/user/miap1701?feature=mhw5#p/a/u/0/yJVeTKhMAbM
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