Kristian Mráček (housle) + Veronika Jaklová (klavír)

Concert Program:
Leoš Janáček: Sonata for Violin and Piano Antonín Dvořák: Romance for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 11

• Karol Szymanowski: Myths, Op. 30

Violinist Kristian Mráček and pianist Veronika Jaklová—a duo that won first prize at the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Competition and third prize at Concertino Praga—will perform a chamber recital at the Celetná Salon. The evening’s program features three gems for violin and piano: Leoš Janáček’s dramatic Sonata for Violin and Piano, Antonín Dvořák’s lyrical Romance, and Karol Szymanowski’s vividly impressionistic, almost mystical Myths.

About the Artists:

Kristian Mráček studied at the Prague Conservatory under Jiří Fišer, later continuing his studies with Jiří Vodička while also studying under Bohuslav Matoušek at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Since September 2025, he has been a student in the solo performance master’s program at the Lucerne University of Music and Performing Arts in the class of Prof. Igor Karsk. He is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, including the Josef Micka Violin Competition, Talents for Europe, the Kocian Violin Competition, and Ohrid Pearls. He also won 2nd prize at the Václav Hudeček Summer Academy. He achieved significant success with cellist David Pěruška at the Concertino Praga competition, where they won 1st prize in chamber music, the Audience Prize, the EMCY Prize, and recorded a CD for Czech Radio. With pianist Veronika Jaklová, he won first prize at the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Competition (including the prize for best interpretation) and subsequently third prize at Concertino Praga. As a member of a piano trio, he also won the Grand Prix at the Ohrid Pearls competition in 2022. As a soloist, he has performed with the Hradec Králové Philharmonic, the Czechoslovak Chamber Orchestra Prague, and the Prague Conservatory String Orchestra, and has appeared at festivals such as Dvořák Prague and Treasures of the Broumov Region. Kristian has also participated in masterclasses led by Stefan Milenković, Vadim Repin, Dalibor Karvay, and others. He is a scholarship recipient of the Stadler-Trier Music Foundation.

Veronika Jaklová studied at the Prague Conservatory under Milan Langer and Ivo Kahánek. She is currently studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in Jan Bartoš’s class. She is a laureate of numerous international competitions (Young Piano of the Prague Conservatory, the International Smetana Piano Competition in Pilsen, Beethoven’s Teplice, the Gustav Mahler Piano Competition, the WPTA International Competition in Finland, Ohrid Pearls in North Macedonia, first prize at the Orbetello Junior Piano Competition in Italy, and third prize at the Santa Cecília International Competition in Portugal). In 2020, she won the Yamaha Music Foundation scholarship competition, and a year later she received the prestigious EMCY award. As part of the Jaklová-Mráček duo, she and violinist Kristian Mráček won third prize at the Concertino Praga 2023 radio competition. She has performed at festivals such as Dvořák Prague, Prague Spring, the Orbetello Piano Festival, and Contatti Sonori in Turin, Italy, as well as at concerts in Germany, Poland, and Luxembourg. As a soloist, she has performed with the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Student Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has participated in masterclasses led by Paul Lewis and Lukáš Vondráček as part of the Dvořák Prague Festival, as well as those led by Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Saleem Ashkar, Einar Steen-Noklberg, and others.