Zuzana Šimurdová is a Czech-Canadian pianist fascinated by classical and contemporary music. She has given solo and chamber concerts across Europe, the US, Canada, China and South Korea. A graduate from the Université de Montréal and Concordia University (Canada), the Janáček Conservatory, Ostrava and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno (Czech Republic), she continued her studies under the guidance of Professor Renna Kellaway at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK). Šimurdová began her international career as a laureate of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursarie Awards in Paris followed by First prize at the International Music Competition Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust in London and the Janáček First Prize at the International Piano Masterclasses Competition ‘Prague-Vienna-Budapest’. She recorded her first CD “Préludes à un pays vrai”, with works by the contemporary Québécois composer, Jean Chatillon, for which she was awarded the Orpheus Prize from the Delian Composers Association in the United States, and became a Laureate of Vivacité Montréal. Her CD of Piano Sonatas by Luboš Fišer was released by Naxos Grand Piano. She is currently preparing another CD, dedicated to Canadian contemporary women composers called “Vertical Landscapes”. It will be released on Oct. 6th, 2024.