Pavel Štěpán was a Czechoslovakian pianist whose domain was the interpretation of piano works by Josef Suk, Vitezslav Novak and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"s piano concertos.
Background
Štěpán was born in Brno. His career coincided with his family"s musical tradition: he was the grandson of Professor Vilém Kurz, a prominent Czechoslovakian piano educator, and the son of piano virtuoso and teacher Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová and musicologist/pianist Václav Štěpán.
Career
He has always been described as a man of unusual intelligence, great pianistic style and deep musicality. His family maintained close personal contacts with the composer Josef Suk, and actually received instructions for the interpretation of his piano output from the composer himself. Pavel Štěpán made his first public appearance at the age of sixteen, two years later to make his debut performance with the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic playing Mozart"s Piano Concerto Number.24 in C minor K 491 under the baton of Rafael Kubelík.
He died, aged 73, in Prague.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto Number.23 in A major K 488, dirigent Zdeněk Mácal, Czechoslovakian Philarmonic, Wiener Flötenuhr 1971 Supraphonline
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto Number.27 in B major K 595, dirigent Zdeněk Mácal, Czechoslovakian Philarmonic, Wiener Flötenuhr 1971 Supraphonline
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto Number.24 in C minor K 491, dirigent Václav Neumann, Czechoslovakian Philarmonic, Wiener Flötenuhr 1982
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in Doctorate major K.382, dirigent Václav Neumann, Czechoslovakian Philarmonic, Wiener Flötenuhr 1982.