IBLA New York Winners at Carnegie Hall

                                            "......Zuzana Simurdova from the CzechRepublic was the winner of the Competition’s 2010 Chopin prize. She has an interesting take on the Polish master – a more considered approach in which she lets the music breathe and resonate. This is not Chopin in a hurry and Zuzana is a musician following her won path, which I generally consider a good thing. She showed a fine sense of dynamics and a strong and flexible approach to the keyboard...."

   Review by Jeffrey JamesCarnegie Hall, May 30th, 2011                                                                      

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April 2011

"Ibla Grand Prize brings in music competitors from all over the world"

The Tartan, USA 2011                                                                                     

Morgan Tyner

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April 12, 2011

......There were three pianists (a Czech woman, Finnish woman, Russian man– all likely younger than 30), an accordionist (younger), and a cellist (17. 17!!) The Czech woman, Simurdova Zuzana, played Chopin (and won the Chopin award, as I find with some research) and– and what can I say about it? Within about 45 seconds of her piece the only thing keeping me from crying (literally) was that I was surrounded by people that I knew and may have looked at me with concern. I debated allowing myself to cry tears of happiness.

Music and contentment                                                                          

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 March 29, 2011

'The World Returns to Minot' with 2010 IBLA grand prize musicians

Public Information Office, Minot University USA                              

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Interview "Kdyz prsty vypraveji...                                    January 18, 2011

Jana Bohusova                                                                                                            Casopis Sedmicka                                                                                

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Osobnost: Eduard Marhula                                            January 20, 2011 Petr Andrle 

Internetovy denik

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December 2009

" Zuzana Simurdova chose to present Chopin first concerto and interpreted it as if her heart belonged to Poland, with full understanding of the native elements the music is imbued with her expressive sensitivity, technical mastery and command of form are exemplary. What a pianist!..."

Piotr Grella-Mozejko

Panorama Polska Edmonton                                                               

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Brief story about the creation of the concert                                September 2009
“Chopin Piano Concertos with String Quintet”

Mikolaj Warszynski

Panorama Polska Edmonton

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"......new piano album -- *Préludes à un pays vrai* -- is a real treasure! The music is beautiful throughout, exquisitely crafted, and
sensitively performed by Czech-Canadian virtuosa Zuzana Simurdova.
These are among the most inspired keyboard pieces I've been privileged to hear in recent years....."

Joseph Dillon Ford,
Composer

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Ms. Simurdova's repertoire embraces a broad range of traditional and modern masterworks, including scores by the distinguished living Canadian composers Jean Chatillon, Ross Perrin, and Claude Vivier. 

Delian Society of Composers and Performers, USA