Pavel Steidl

After winning first prize at the 1982 International Guitar Competition of Radio France in Paris, Steidl began his career as a professional musician.

But behind the entertainer lies a serious artist, whose extended composition in memory of Jana Obrovska proved fully capable of stirring emotions at the other end of the scale.

(Classical guitar magazine) Since he won first prize at the Radio France International Competition in Paris in 1982, he has become one of the most widely celebrated soloists of his generation.

In 1987 he decided to emigrate to the Netherlands where after years of studying and getting inspiration from many different artists he has created his own style which is not ignoring authentic way of interpretation 19th-century guitar literature on periodic instruments and going far to some world music elements.

He played in more than 40 countries of the world from among Canada, USA, China, India, Japan, Europe, South and Central America and many others.

His face while performing is generally very expressive and during one of the sonatas [Scherzo] he played on this fact and animated himself to such a degree that a very respectful audience couldn't help but to laugh out loud.