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Prof. Prazsky started learning
piano at the age of seven from his sister who was doing already
concerts in Europe. After learning appropriate basics father
took over son's piano education. Still as a child Mr. Prazsky
entered private music school in the city of Frydlant in the
Czech Republic and was taught by famous piano virtuoso Mrs.
Marie Czervinkova whose loving approach toward teaching through
motivation by pure beauty of world piano composers ignited
ultimate love and appreciation of beautiful melodies in a young
child Zdenek Prazsky. At the age of ten then young classical
pianist was put on stage by school and performed on public very
successfully. As a child protege Zdenek entered several piano
competitions in big metropolitan city of Liberec where he placed
at the highest places. Specialty of Mr. Prazsky were romantic
solo piano composers Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Chajkovsky,
Scriabin. In the adulthood Mr. Prazsky received PhD in music,
specialty concert classical piano.
Prof. Prazsky performed in
various cities through out Europe, visited Yugoslavia, Poland,
Austria, Germany, Greece. In 1986 young pianist defected from
then communist Czechoslovakia, was granted a political asylum in
the USA and relocated to Boston area. In Jewish community school
Prof. Prazsky met fantastic Russian concert pianist Tatanya
Dodochkin whose brilliance further motivated him to focus even
more on Sergey Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin and gave him
valuable advice on teaching in America. In 1992 Mr. Prazsky
drove across the US and settled in the Bay area, currently
living in San Jose and teaching privately, mainly in Evergreen,
Sunnyvale, Los Gatos, Mountain View, Fremont. Mr. Prazsky's CD
is for sale upon request, playing Franz Liszt, Sergey
Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin and his own composition.
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