Aleš Bárta

Aleš Bárta *1960 is one of the most successful Czech organists. He began his studies at the Brno Conservatory and continued at Prague’s Academy of Performing Arts. He is a winner of the Anton Bruckner International Organ Competition in Linz (1982), a laureate of the Franz Liszt International Organ Competition in Budapest (1983) and the outright winner of the Prague Spring International Organ Competition (1984). As a soloist, Bárta performs with leading symphony and chamber orchestras (Czech Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosi di Praga, Suk Chamber Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra) and cooperates with outstanding soloists (Gabriela Beňačková, Miroslav Kejmar, Radek Baborák, Sergej Kopčák, Ivan Kusnjer, Joseph Alessi) and conductors (Eliahu