Mr. Kubalek remains one of the most prominent pianists in North America today.
Since
arriving in Canada in 1968, Mr. Kubalek’s performances have graced the stages in
solo, chamber and orchestral concerts. He is a best-selling international
recording artist, with over a dozen CDs currently available and two dozen LPs
titles to his credit. His award-winning CD recordings on the prestigious Dorian
label have won him extraordinary praise in such publications as the American
Record Guide, Fganfare Magazine, CD Review, Gramophone Magazine. Mr. Kubalek has
twice been nominated with the highest recording honour in Canada: the Juno Award.Glenn Gould made a unique contribution to this Canadian artist’s Career. Gould’s only foray into the role of „producer“ was spirited by Kubalek’s playing. The Second Piano Sonata by Korngold, recently re-released on CD Citadel Records, was the fruit of this singular musical union.
Antonin
Kubalek, a respected educator, has served on the faculties of The Royal
Conservatory of Music, University of Toornto York University, the Prague
Conservatory and the Prague Academy. As a preeminent teacher, Mr. Kubalek is
often invited to colleges and universities throughout North America where he
gives masterclasses, seminars and coaching sessions. His expertise is also in
demand on both national and international juries. 
Receiving
three standing ovations following his performance in the Rudolfinum at the 2002
Prague Spring Festival, it is evident that pianist Antonin Kubalek’s artistry
and musicianship continues to command respect and admiration from audiences and
critics internationally. Most recently, Mr. Kubalek was recognized by the Czech
Music Council with a UNESCO honourary award in November of 2002.
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Glenn Gould wrote:„His Schumann and Brahms provide a rare mix of improvisatory freedom and structural control: with such playing one’s grasp of the musical architecture is enhanced precisely because of the apparent spontaneity through which it is realized.“
Antonin Kubalek concerts:
CZECH REPUBLIC
22. 7. 2005.- concert in Rudolfinum - Prague
4. 7. 2005 - Zlate Hory
1. 7. 2005 - pianorecital Krumlov
28. 6. 2005 - Bystrice pod Hostynem - pianorecital
"His irreproachable technique never overshadows the significance of the music - we deal here with a heart speaking to another heart."
- LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE, Paris
"But how many have ever heard Suk’s haunting and resourceful Op. 28? It would be hard to think of an interpreter better suited to its championing than Kubalek..."
- CLASSICAL CD Magazine
"Kubalek’s intimately lyrical performance of the Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 is a treasure."
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL
"His Schumann and Brahms provide a rare mix of improvisatory freedom and structural control: with such playing one’s grasp of the musical architecture is enhanced precisely because of the apparent spontaneity through which it is realized."
- GLENN GOULD
"His touch is of great gentleness reminding us of Cortot and Rubinstein"
- DIAPASON, Paris
"We have in Kubalek one of the finest interpreters of this century right in our midst."
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto
„Some of the most enjoyable moments in recent piano-recital memory... ...his wonderful Chopin interpretation of the F Minor Ballade alone was worth the price of admission... ...here was the essence of subtlety and refinement with those rare glimpses into the inner message of the music...
- TORONTO STAR
„...this music sounded like it had been wrought from pure gold...“
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL
„The concert also proved once again the incalculable benefits this country received when the Russian tanks invaded Czechoslovakia. We have in Kubalek one of the finest interpreters of this century right in our midst...“
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL
„Kubalek's playing is in the grand style; he has a virtuoso technique coupled with exquisite control over keyboard color and dynamics, as well as the musical intelligence to give coherent shape to the music“
- FANFARE, USA
„Slower than usual and with an unexpected ritardando, this reading of Brahms 3rd sonata leads us into a more intimate approach to this composer. Not for Kubalek the customary bombast and bravura too many pianists bring to Brahms. Rather, we are graced with unrushed, controlled, and sensitively well-placed pianism.“
- SINFONIA REVIEW
„Kubalek’s playing is beguilling in its lack of pretention and affectation. The music flows by so naturally that one is unaware of his striking technique. In addition, his uncommon musical imagination is tempered by an equally uncommon modesty, which is occasionally unfortunate.“
- MUSIC MAGAZINE
„Kubalek does for Smetana’s dances what Rubinstein did for Chopin mazurkas: He personifies and enobles them so they immediately surge to life.“
- MUSIC MAGAZINE
„Mr. Kubalek plays fluently, with an agreeable spontaneity that sometimes ventures into outright playfulness.“
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
Antonin Kubalek and Kocian Quartet; Zlate Hory 2004
