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'''Mag.Art. Leon Koudelak'''

Leon Koudelak is a winner of the guitar competition “Fundation Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero” in Madrid and also received for his artistic performances the Appreciation Price from the Austrian Federal Ministry for science and research. He study with the most famous Guitarist and teacher such Karl Scheit at the Vienna Music University, at the Zurich University of the Arts with Konrad Ragossnig and with Julian Bream in Liechtenstein. He performed in Europe, South America and Asia in countries such as Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Czech republic and Slovak Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Greece, Liechtenstein, Cuba, Mexico, Japan, Nepal, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand. He did the premieres of works by composers such as R. Haubenstock Haubenstock-Ramati, M. Buchrainer. In 2002 he led the premiere of the guitar concert “Evasion 2002 – “Eschner - guitar concert” by Michael Buchrainer with the “Symphony orchestra Liechtenstein” at the Festival of Liechtenstein LiGiTa.

He released with Tyrolis Classics so far five CDs: 1989 “Guitar Music from Spain, Mexico and Brazil”, 1992 “Modern Trend of Factories for Guitar”, 1994 “Joaquin Rodrigo – guitar music”, 1997 “Pavana Triste” as well as 2002 the last CD, “Exotic Fruits” which became the CD of the year by the “French Technical Periodical”. 2008 the DVD called “ Leon Koudelak live in Seoul” was released by the Thailand Guitar Society.

Leon Koudelak, is a joint founder of the Liechtenstein Guitar days LiGiTa, one of the most important music events in Europe. Since 2001 he serves as the Artistic Director of the Asia International Guitar Festival in Bangkok, one of the largest and most important festivals of the guitar in Asia. Leon Koudelak live in Bangkok and teach at the Mahidol and Silpakorn Universities so as at the Thailand Guitar Society.