Being highly praised as the rare talent in one century, Pavel Sporcl (born in
1973) ranks not only among the foremost representatives of today's young generation
of violinists but also his name figures in the book "Violin Virtuosi: from
Paganini to the 21 century" by the eminent critic and music historian Henry
Roth.
He studied the violin at the Prague Conservatory, and subsequently in Professor
Vaclav Snitilﾕs class at the Academy of music in Prague. From 1991 to 1996 he
pursued his schooling in the U.S.A., initially at the Southern Methodist University
of Dallas with Eduard Schmieder, then at Brooklyn College under Itzhak Perlman
and Masao Kawasaki. He finished his American studies at the Juilliard School of
Music, with the legendary Dorothy DeLay.
He has won many major awards, including laureateship of the Prague Spring International
Competition (1997), Bohuslav Martinu Society Prize (1996), victory in the Holland
Music Sessions World Tour laureateship of the ARD Munich Contest (1992) In the
Czech Republic, Pavel Sporcl has regularly appeared at the most prestigious venue,
Prague's Dvorak and Smetana Halls in particular and music festivals, Prague Apring
Janacek May, Mitte Europa, Concentus Moraviae, Moravian autumn.
He has also worked with a number of outstanding soloists and conductors at overseas.
As is frequently seen in Pavel's programme, he is dedicated a performer of the
twentieth-century music works of Sylvie Bodorov, Arvo Part, Alfred Schnittke and
John Corigliano. Pavel is keen to work on new era of music and often collaborates
with the group of Czech composers called "Quattro Group".
A frequent guest of television and Radio programs, he has to his credit a formidable
list of CDs, including a critically highly acclaimed recording of music by Josef
Suk and Bohuslav Martinu(1997), and also recent album "A Paganini(1999)"is
a consequence of prominent work of Pavel.
official site：http://www.sporcl.cz
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