The Gugg Piano Duo (formerly Kalabova&Gugg) is the winner of the International Chamber Music Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music 2025 and regularly performs in important concert halls – most recently in the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, the Stefaniensaal of the Musikverein Graz and the Athenaeum in Bucharest, where they stood in at short notice for a duo evening with Martha Argerich.

Tereza Gugg-Kalabova and Johannes Gugg met at the age of 14 on the course for highly gifted students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. At the suggestion of their professor at the time, they began making music together and won national and international prizes after just a few months. Over the years they developed an almost intuitive way of playing together, supported by a shared sense of sound and a deep personal connection.

The Czech-Austrian duo has been awarded 1st prize numerous times. In addition to the FSMM Chamber Music Competition, the duo has won first prize at the Suzana Szörenyi Duo Competition in Bucharest (including the audience prize), the ArtePiano Competition in Castelnuovo di Farfa, the Franz Schubert Competition in Jeseník, the Music and Earth Competition in Sofia, the Vlastimil Lejsek Piano Duo Competition in Brno, the Martha Debelli Scholarship Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, the Austrian Music Competition Prima la musica and the International Summer Academy of the mdw. Their other successes include 2nd prizes at the piano competition in Rome and the Duettissimo competition in Krakow, where they were also awarded the Mozart Prize, as well as a special prize at the ARD Competition in Munich.

Both completed their studies in piano solo performance with Ayami Ikeba and in instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with distinction. They also graduated with distinction from the master’s program in piano duo performance in the class of the Silver-Garburg Duo.

They have performed with orchestras such as the Krakow Philharmonic, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Webern Chamber Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Conservatory in Brno. Their performance of Carl Czerny's piano concerto for four hands with the Webern Kammerphilharmonie was broadcast on ORF as part of a charity concert for Licht ins Dunkel. The duo has also appeared on television and radio programs in Austria (Ö1), Germany (ARD), Poland (Radio Krakow), the Czech Republic (Radio Vltava) and the Netherlands (NPO).

Concert invitations have already taken the duo to Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Austria, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Brazil. In the coming season, they will also be performing in France and Estonia for the first time, as well as at the Musikverein Graz, the Styriarte and the Ljubljana Festival, among others.

For the years 2025-2026, the duo was selected by the Austrian Foreign Ministry as ambassadors of Austrian culture as part of the NASOM funding program.