Jitka Čechová completed her piano studies at the Prague Conservatory and continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). Her individual musical gifts were then developed to their full during postgraduate studies in Paris and in Freiburg. She acquired further experience during her research studies in Weimar and in Piešťany. Jitka Čechová has been the laureate of numerous international competitions. She has been the subject of critical acclaim as a soloist in most of European countries as well as overseas, where she cooperates with prominent orchestras and gives both solo and chamber performances. She is regularly invited to prestigious international stages and festivals. Chamber music is an indispensable component of Jitka Čechová's musical identity. She brings a full emotional commitment to bear to her role as pianist in the Smetana Trio, supported by the brilliant technical basis of her solo metier. The focus of Jitka Čechová’s repertoire is on works by the Czech composers – Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček, and Martinů. Jitka Čechová has made more than 25 recordings for the labels Supraphon, Intercord, BMG, Lotos, and Cube. In 2014 she finished her recording of the complete piano works by Bedřich Smetana for Supraphon (8 CDs), a project that has collected awards by major music critics and magazines both at home and abroad. She has given master classes in Prague, London, Manchester, Brazil, Los Angeles, Wisconsin, and in Luxemburg.