Pavel Sporcl - violin
Svetlana Smolina - piano
Pavel Sporcl first took up violin at the age of five, subsequently to study it at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Music (with Vaclav Snitil).
From 1991–1996 he pursued his studies in the U.S.A., under the tutelage of outstanding teachers including Eduard Schmieder, Itzhak Perlman and Dorothy DeLay.
Pavel Šporcl’s extensive repertoire comprises 40 violin concertos, and countless sonatas, chamber and virtuoso compositions. His performances are highly acclaimed by the audience and critics alike.
Pavel Šporcl has appeared with major orchestras such as National Orchestra de France, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Suisse de Romande, Orchestre, Sinfonia Varsovia, Slo venian Philharmonic, New World Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Hungarian Radio Orchestra and many others with conductors V.Ashkenazy, L.Pesek, V.Fedoseyev, J. Belohlavek, R. Mintzuk, A.Nelsons, Y.P. Tortelier, G.Pehlivanian, J.J.Kantorow, T.Kuchar etc. and also at prestigious venues (Suntory Hall Tokyo, Disney Hall Los Angeles, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gasteig Munich) and festivals such as Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Prague Spring, International Fetival of Colmar, La Folle Journée Nantes, Radio France… In summer 2004 he debuted with tremendous success at one of the most significant international festivals in Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele). He has cooperated with great colleagues such as J. Suk, S. Mintz, N. Lugansky, G. Lipkind.
His recordings released by EMI, Universal and Supraphon received great critical acclaims