Vilém Vlček wins Penderecki Cello Competition
Vilém Vlček, a graduate of the Basel University of Music, won first prize and a special prize at the International Penderecki Competition in Krakow.
Vlček was awarded the special prize for the best interpretation of the Penderecki Viola Concerto in the version for cello. Vilém completed his MA SP Soloist in Danjulo Ishizaka's cello class at the Basel University of Music in summer 2023. Born in the Czech Republic in 1998, he was a scholarship holder of the Rahn Kulturfonds in 2020 and 2022 after numerous other awards and winner of the first prize cello of the Rahn Music Prize.
The International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition is held every five years by the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow to mark the composer's milestone birthdays. This year's jury consisted of Elżbieta Penderecka (director), Zdzisław Łapiński, Julius Berger, Anne Gastinel, Liwu Ji, Kangho Lee, Ivan Monighetti, Arto Noras, Csaba Onczay and Amit Peled.
