Duo Kalabova & Gugg

At the latest since winning a special prize at the ARD Music Competition 2021, the piano duo regularly performs in major concert halls. Recently, they made their debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus, in the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein as well as at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest as a substitute for Martha Argerich.

Tereza Gugg-Kalabova (Czech Republic) and Johannes Gugg (Austria) were both born in 1998 and have formed a piano duo since their teenage years. Thanks to their early collaboration, they have experienced a significant part of their musical development together, resulting in a profound mutual understanding and finely nuanced, well-balanced interpretations. 

The aspiring duo was awarded numerous first prizes, for instance, at the Austrian competition Prima la Musica, the International Schubert Piano Duo Competition in Jesenik, the Music and Earth Competition in Sofia, the Vlastimil Lejsek Piano Duo Competition in Brno, the International Duo Competition Suzana Szörenyi in Bucharest, the International Summer Academy of the mdw, the Martha Debelli Scholarship Competition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and at the ArtePiano Competition in Castelnuovo di Farfa. In addition to that, they won 2nd prizes at the 14th International Piano Competition in Rome and the Duettissimo Piano Duo Competition in Krakow, where they were also awarded the Mozart Prize.

Concert invitations have taken them to Germany, Czechia, Austria, Poland, Romania, Italy, Spain, Brazil, and the Netherlands. The young musicians have performed multiple times with various orchestras, including the Krakow Philharmonic, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Webern Chamber Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Brno Conservatory. Their performance of Carl Czerny's Piano Concerto for Four-Hands with the Webern Chamber Philharmonic was broadcast on ORF as part of a charity concert for 'Licht ins Dunkel'. They also appeared in other TV and radio shows in Austria (Intrada, Ö1), Germany (ttt-extra, ARD), Czechia (Radio Vltava), Poland (Radio Krakow) and the Netherlands (Podium Klassiek, NPO).

In June 2022, they both completed their solo studies with Ayami Ikeba at the University of Music in Graz with distinction. They are now continuing their studies in the class of the renowned piano duo Silver & Garburg. 

For the years 2025 and 2026, they have been selected for the NASOM sponsoring program of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.

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