Vibrant, romantic Hispanic classics from the Grammy-nominated pianist: "Novacek possesses a virile, steely technique that matches this material splendidly, but he is certainly capable of poetic playing when it is called for." [FANFARE]

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Pianist JOHN NOVACEK regularly tours the Americas, Europe and Asia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras.

John Novacekâs major American performances have been heard in New York Cityâs Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Artsâ Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, 92nd Street Y, Columbia Universityâs Miller Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Symphony Space, Washingtonâs The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bostonâs Symphony Hall, Chicagoâs Symphony Center and Los Angelesâ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hollywood Bowl and Royce Hall, while international venues include Parisâ Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Salle Gaveau and Musée du Louvre, Londonâs Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, as well as most of the major concert halls of Japan. He is also a frequent guest artist at festivals, here and abroad, including New York Cityâs Mostly Mozart Festival and those of Cape Cod, Caramoor, Chautauqua, Colorado College, Ravinia, Seattle, SummerFest La Jolla, Wolf Trap, BBC Proms (England), Braunschweig (Germany), Lucerne and Menuhin (Switzerland), Majorca (Spain), Sorrento (Italy), Stavanger (Norway), Toulouse (France) and Sapporo (Japan).

Often heard on radio broadcasts worldwide, John Novacek has appeared on NPRâs Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday and, as both featured guest composer/performer, on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. He is also frequently seen and heard on television, including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Entertainment Tonight and CNN International.

John Novacek is a much sought-after collaborative artist and has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Emmanuel Pahud, Truls Mork and Leila Josefowicz. He has given numerous world premieres and worked closely with composers John Adams, John Harbison, George Rochberg, John Williams and John Zorn.

John Novacek took top prizes at both the Leschetizky and Joanna Hodges international piano competitions, among many others. He studied piano with Peter Serkin, Bruce Sutherland and Jakob Gimpel and chamber music with Jamie Laredo and Felix Galimir, and occasionally coached with Gary Graffman and Isaac Stern.

John Novacekâs own compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Pacific Symphony, The 5 Browns, Concertante, Millennium, Harrington String Quartet and The Three Tenors. He has recorded over 30 CDs, encompassing solo and chamber music by most major composers from Bach to Bartók, as well as many contemporary and original scores. Mr. Novacek records for Philips, Nonesuch, Arabesque, Warner Classics, Sony/BMG, Koch International, Universal Classics, Ambassador, Pony Canyon, Four Winds, Arkay, Virtuoso and EMI Classics. CD titles include Road Movies (2004 GRAMMY nomination as âBest Chamber Music Performanceâ), Great Mozart Piano Works, Spanish Rhapsody, Novarags (original ragtime compositions), Classic Romance, Hungarian Sketches, Intersection, Romances et Meditations and, with Leila Josefowicz, Americana (GRAMOPHONE: âEditorâs Choiceâ), For the End of Time, Shostakovich and Recital (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: 5 stars/June 2005's chamber choice).