Jaroslav Skalka

Since childhood, he has dedicated himself to playing the piano and the violoncello under the leadership of his parents. He is a pupil at the Fryderyk Chopin Arts Primary School in Mariánské Lázně and a MenArt Academy scholarship holder in Ivo Kahánek’s class. His piano successes have included victory in the Broumov Key and Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte competitions and the laureate’s title at the Mladý klavír event held by the Prague Conservatory. In 2025, he was successful at the Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, where he received a prize for his performance of a piece by Francis Poulenc. He has performed as a soloist with the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s A Major Concerto) and with the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto). He has also performed at the Dvořák Prague festival. He has likewise been successful as a violoncellist (victory in the Jan Vychytil competition or in the national Arts Primary School round). He is a student at the grammar school in Mariánské Lázně. He is interested in sport and photography in his free time.