Česká klavírní výprava: Ivo Kahánek

Ivo Kahanek is a Czech pianist. He won the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2004 and gained awards at other leading international piano competitions. After his successful debuts at Beethovenfest in Bonn and the Prague Spring Festival he was invited by the BBC to perform at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its chief-conductor Jiří Bělohlávek. He also performs regularly with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief-conductor Zdeněk Mácal and has played with WDR Orchestra Cologne, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and many others.