Leon Koudelak

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leon Koudelak
Occupation	Classical Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jul 17, 1961(1961-07-17)
Age	63
Birthplace	Krnov
Country	Czech Republic
Birth City	Krnov
Horoscope	Cancer

Leon Koudelak Biography

Leon Koudelak is one of the most popular and richest Classical Guitarist who was born on July 17, 1961 in Krnov, Krnov, Czech Republic. Koudelak lived from 1983 to 1986 in Spain, learning with flamenco guitarists the flamenco technique. In that time he became a friend of the flamenco guitarist Merenge de Cordoba. Later he changed from the apoyando technique to a combination of apoyando and sin apoyar.

On his world tour 2001, a concert in Seoul was recorded and broadcast worldwide by Arirang TV.

The CD Exotic Fruits, released in 2002 by Tyrolis Music was awarded as “the best CD of the year” by French Technical Periodical “Les Cahiers de la Guitare”.

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 Music Festival of Liechtenstein (LiGiTa). In the years 2003, 2006 and 2007 he went back to Europe to perform concerts but stayed based in Asia.

He has toured internationally in most parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. He inspired the composer Michael Buchrainer to write guitar music. In addition to his concert career, he co-founded the Liechtenstein Guitar Festival (Ligita), the Asia International Guitar Festival (AIGF) in Bangkok and the Pattaya Classical Guitar Festival. For the XIV Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra, Manuel Zavala y Alonso described him as “La mano santa de la guitarra” (‘the holy hand of the guitar’). In 1996 he released a CD with the major guitar solo works by Joaquin Rodrigo. Rodrigo wrote him a letter expressing great enthusiasm after listening to his CD about his interpretation. On the following concert tour, Koudelak played a complete program with works by Joaquin Rodrigo.

Leon Koudelak Net Worth

Leon Koudelak is one of the richest Classical Guitarist from Czech Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Koudelak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shortly after he became a prize winner of the guitar competition Fundación Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero in Madrid, he was contacted by a Swiss concert agency with which he signed a long-year contract as well an exclusive contract with Tyrolis Music. In 1989 he recorded his first album with Tyrolis Music, Guitar Music from Spain, Mexico and Brazil, and in 1993 the CD Modern Works for Guitar. He performed at music festivals and concerts in Europe, in Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Greece or Liechtenstein. He performed premieres in Vienna of works by the composers Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Michael Buchrainer

The 1996 album Joaquin Rodrigo – Guitar Music and the 1997 Pavana Triste were released by Tyrolis Music and led him to music festivals and concert halls.

In 2001, after a concert in Bangkok, he met Woratep Rattana-umpawan and suggested that he found a guitar festival, and offered his help to make the classical guitar popular in Asia. This led to the founding of the Asia International Guitar Festival in Bangkok. After being the artistic director of the LiGiTa (Liechtensteinische Gitarren Tage) over 10 years, Koudelak start to work at the same position in Bangkok for the Asia International Guitar Festival in 2001. In the same year, he recorded in a music studio in Bangkok the CD Exotic Fruits, which was released 2002 by Tyrolis Music and became the CD of the year by the French technical periodical Les Cahiers de la Guitar.

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In an interview in June 2012 for the Japanese guitar magazin “Homa Dream”, In August 2012, Koudelak agreed to cooperate with the Indonesia Guitar Society and was appointed as chairman of the steering committee of the Indonesia International Guitar Festival & Competition. Furthermore, he was included in February 2013, as a member of the Honour Committee for the Tirana International Guitar Festival & Competition (Albania).

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Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Classical Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Czech Republic. Leon Koudelak celebrates birthday on July 17 of every year.

A concert tour in Asia followed from June until December 2013 with confirmed dates in Bangkok, Jakarta, Tokyo, Kathmandu and Singapore.