Viktor Stocker

Viktor Stocker was born in 2009. He has been playing the accordion since the age of six and is a laureate from a number of international competitions. He has won first place at the Odin International Music Competition, Danubia Talents Budapest, the Australian International Accordion Championships and the Vivo International Music Competition New York, amongst others. He is also the holder of first place titles from accordion competitions in Prague, Ostrava, Vilnius, London and Vienna and the second place title from the international competition in Castelfidardo, Italy. In 2022, he received the first prize and a special mention at the Jugend musiziert competition in Germany. He has performed as a soloist in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, the European Parliament, as part of the Concert of Hope broadcast on Czech Television and at a number of music festivals. In addition to playing the accordion, he also composes his own works. He received the highest possible award for his accordion piece entitled Gale (Vichřice) at the German Jugend komponiert competition and second place in the open (no age limit) composition category at the CMA World Accordion Competition (2022).