Kristina Fialová is a Czech classical

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. She is a graduate of the

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(Miroslav Kovář), the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Prof. Jan Pěruška), the

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(Prof. Tim Frederikson, Prof. Lars Anders Tomter), and the

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in Dresden (Prof. Vladimír Bukač).

Biography

Fialová has been primarily praised by the critics for her technique, impassioned performance and sophisticated musical sentiment. After winning the 2013 Michal Spisak International Competition in Katowice,

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, she was invited to the major concert stages in

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. Her appearance at the Tivoli Festival in Denmark was followed by her debuting at the

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and giving a recital at the 2015

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. She has regularly performed with Czech and foreign orchestras (the Copenhagen Philharmonic,

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, the

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etc.). As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with a number of soloists (

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, Sophia Jaffé,

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, Martin Kasík, Petr Nouzovský) and ensembles (Atos Trio). Kristina Fialová has performed at concert hall across Europe, including Russia, as well as in Africa, Asia and the Americas, and at major festivals (

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, the

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, the Vesna v Rossii). She has garnered accolades at international competitions, including the ACT London, the Danish Soloist Competition, the International Johannes Brahms Competition, etc. Kristina Fialová studied at the

, the Hochschüle für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden (Prof. Vladimír Bukač), the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen (Profs. Tim Frederikson and Lars Anders Tomter), and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Prof. Jan Pěruška). She further honed her skills at master classes led by top-notch soloists and pedagogues around the world (Leif Ove Andsnes, Wolfram Christ, Tatiana Masurenko). Kristina Fialová has recorded six CDs for

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, ArcoDiva and Dacapo. She has given master classes in Lima, Copenhagen, Qingdao and Guangzhou. She plays a

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– Contrada 1745 viola, and a bow made by the bowmaker Petr Auředník. She is a Pirastro artist and she exclusively uses Pirastro strings.

References

External links

Official website

Interview
with Fialová at

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