Martin Skampa

Cellist Martin Skampa started to learn the cello at the age of ten under his father. At the age of sixteen, he was accepted at the Prague Academy of Arts in professor Sasha Vectomov´s class and graduated with honors in 1984.

So far, Martin Skampa has given over 2,500 recitals and played the solo part in works with orchestral accompaniment in 300 other concerts. He has played in European coun-tries, in the Lebanon and in Hong-Kong, and has undertaken 13 concert tours in Japan.

His artistic development was strongly influenced by his mother Vlasta Skampova - a con-ductor of the Prague Youth Orchestra - and by the pianist and teacher Alfred Holecek with whom he worked closely and gave about 50 recitals.

Martin Skampa has performed on such occasions as the IDRIART Festival in Prague (1987 and 1989) and the Youth Congress in Helsinki (1988). His artistic achievements are documented on numerous radio recordings and CDs.