22nd
València
ITURBI
International
Piano
Competition
From May 31 to June 10, 2023
Matyáš Novák
Matyáš Novák began studying piano at the age of five. He graduated from the Imola International Piano Academy in 2022 where he studied with Boris Petrushansky. Currently, Matyáš is attending the class of Ivan Klánský at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Matyáš has performed in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Poland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Serbia, Italy, Norway, Holland, France, Thailand, the USA and China. In 2017 he debuted in Carnegie Hall. In the same year he released his first album Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: Suisse. In May 2021, a classical record label Nimbus Alliance has released his CD with Mozart´s Piano concertos K. 413, K. 414, K. 415 which he recorded in cooperation with a world famous Wihan Quartet.
Matyáš is a prize winner of many prestigious international competitions, such as XX Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, XVI International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras, such as the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, and has performed in venues such as Weill Recital Hall (New York), Rudolfinum Hall (Prague), National Library of China (Beijing), Bohemian National Hall (New York), Tivoli Vredenburg Hall (Utrecht).
