Career
Through masterclasses with Czechoslovakian-American pianist Rudolf Firkušný and Carlo Vidusso, Koukl was first introduced to the piano music of Bohuslav Martinů. Koukl has recorded a 7-Civil Defense set of the complete solo piano music of Martinů, released between November 2006 and August 2009,vocal music with inedited Martinu songs and a 2-Civil Defense set of Martinů"s complete piano and orchestra, released in 2010, for Naxos Records. A new series of recordings of the complete solo piano music of Alexander Tcherepnin has been finished and is now available.