Concerto in F( Radek Baborak) ARD Competition in appassionato

The horn player Radek Baborak was born into a family of musicians in today s Czech Republic in 1976. At the age of 8 he began to study the horn with Prof. Karol Křenek, and already at the age of 12 he won the Concertino Praga radio competition. Three years later he gained the third prize at the Prague Spring Competition for Performers. From 1989 to 1994 he studied with Prof. Bedřich Tylšar and graduated from the Music Conservatory of Prague with distinction. Radek Baborák has won numerous competitions, among them International Radio Competition UNESCO (1993), 2nd prize (no 1st prize awarded) in Geneva (1993), 1st prize at the ARD Competition in Munich (1994), 1st prize at the Markneukirchen Competition (1994), Grammy Classic Award in the Czech Republic (1995), Davidoff Prize 2001, Mostly Classic Award 2002. Baborák has gained considerable experience on stage, performing with renowned orchestras in Germany and abroad,