Pianist Jan Simon on Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and what he was doing when he was ‘sweet sixteen’

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:08:05 +0200Pianist Jan Simon on Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and what he was doing when he was ‘sweet sixteen’https://english.radio.cz/pianist-jan-simon-dvorak-tchaikovsky-and-what-he-was-doing-when-he-was-sweet-8581898© 2026 Radio Prague International My guest today in One on One is concert pianist and director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Jan Simon. Simon has studied with some of the great pianists including compatriot Ivan Moravec in Prague and the Uruguayan-born Homero Francesch in Zurich. He also trained in Berlin before becoming the youngest ever soloist in residence of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1994. When I met him to bask in the sun on his balcony, Jan Simon started by telling me about his musical family background: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Pianist Jan Simon on Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and what he was doing when he was ‘sweet sixteen’ https://english.radio.cz/pianist-jan-simon-dvorak-tchaikovsky-and-what-he-was-doing-when-he-was-sweet-8581898 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9