Zuzana Ferjenčíková
Zuzana Ferjenčíková (* 1978 in Lučenec , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak organist , pianist and composer .
Life
Zuzana Ferjenčíková studied at the University of Music in Bratislava with Ján Vladimír Michalko and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Peter Planyavsky . They particularly shaped their studies and their later collaboration with Jean Guillou in Paris , whose works she regularly performs as a soloist and together with him.
Her main focus is on organ music from the Romantic era as well as organ improvisation and organ composition for concerts and Roman Catholic liturgy. 2000–2008 she taught organ and organ improvisation at the University of Music in Bratislava. From September 2006 to summer 2013, she was the organist of the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Scots in Vienna, where she founded the International Organ Festival Dialogues Mystiques in 2007 and directed it until the end of 2013. Her concert activity spans Europe and the USA.
In 2011 she founded the Vienna Franz Liszt Society , of which she is president. On the occasion of Franz Liszt's 200th birthday in 2011, she performed all of Liszt's organ works in a series of six concerts on the large organ of the Schotten Abbey.
In 2013, in a series of seven concerts at the 24th Organ Festival at the Church of Saint-Eustache de Paris , Zuzana Ferjenčíková dedicated herself to the entire organ work of Jean Guillous , who celebrated his 50th anniversary as titular organist there that year.
Since 2018 she has published her recordings exclusively on MDG.
Prices
- 1st prize for organ improvisation and 2nd prize for organ interpretation in Opava (CZ) 1996.
- 1st prize for improvisation and title laureate at the International Organ Competition in Brno (CZ) 1997.
- 1st prize at the Premio Valentino Bucchi International Organ Competition in Rome (I) 2003.
- 1st prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Haarlem (NL) 2004.
Compositions since 2006 (selection)
- Ad mattai Psalm 6 for flute and organ (2006). World premiere Lockenhaus , 2007.
- Diotima for organ solo, on texts by Hölderlin (2007). World premiere in Luxembourg , 2007.
- Miserere Psalm 51 for organ and speaker (2007). World premiere Vienna, 2007.
- Sub tuum praesidium for organ solo (2008). First performance in Bratislava, 2008.
- Over us, O Lord, lift up your shining face (2008). World premiere Andechs , 2008.
- Adoro Te and Salve Regina for 2 organs (2009). World premiere Vienna, 2009.
- Mystère de l'amour , Symphonic poem for large organ (2011). World premiere Graz , 2011.
- Visions of John , Alleluia - Offertory - Communion on texts of the Gospel of John and the Revelation (2012). First performance Ratingen , 2012.
- Prayer for the Holy Father on the occasion of the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI. World premiere Vienna, February 28, 2013.
CD recordings
- Organ: Liszt, Franck, Reubke (2007).
- Regina Coeli (2009, Lade).
- Marcel Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix (2010).
- Liszt (2011).
- Jean Guillou, Organ Works , vol. 1 (2018, MDG).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferjenčíková, Zuzana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mausen-Ferjenčíková, Zuzana Magdalena Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Czechoslovakia |