Music Style Classical

Artist History The Czech violoncellist Krystof Lecian (b. 1974) comes from a musical family: both his grandfather Jaroslav Mastalir and his father Josef Lecian have been renowned composers and pianists. Krystof started playing the cello when he was 6, and from the age of 10 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Prof. Frantisek Pisinger. Between 1995-1999 he studied at the Academy of Music in Prague with Prof. Milos Sadlo that considers him the most talented cellist he has ever taught. Lecian has already mastered an extensive range if the most demanding compositions for violoncello, including concertos by Haydn, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Lalo, and Dvorak. His repertoire list also contains Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Bach's Suites, sonatas by Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Franck, Kodaly, Debussy, et cetera. His great passion is interpreting the most challenging transcriptions of violin music for cello. Among those, he favors Paganini's 24 Capriccios for solo violin, which are generaly regarded as the most technically challenging pieces written for violin. He is using a transcription authored by Luigi Silva, an American cello virtuoso of the middle 20th century. He studied the whole cycle for about one year very instensively, and he gave the world premiere of this transcription on 18. June 1996 in Prague. This event was widely acclaimed by both the audience and the critics. He recorded 17 of the capriccios for his debut CD, published by a Czech company Art Servis. The recording presented here was made live during Lecian concert performance in Prague. It represents the best of his talent, virtuosity and profound devotion to music.

Instruments violoncello

Location Prague - Czech Republic

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