ZUZANA FERJENČÍKOVÁ

is Slovak organist, pianist and composer. She was educated from early childhood in alignment with the Russian piano tradition and pursued organ studies at the conservatory in Banská Bystrica and at the universities in Bratislava and Vienna. She has been influenced especially by the teaching of and collaboration with her Maître Jean Guillou (Paris). Holder of numerous prizes in international competitions, 2004 she was the first woman to be awarded the First Prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Haarlem in the Netherlands.

From September 2021 she is appointed professor for organ at Codarts University in Rotterdam. She gives master-classes for improvisation and takes part in international organ competition juries and follows an intense concert and recording career.

As a performer, her focus lie in the Romantic period and the music of 20th century, in particular the oeuvre by Franz Liszt and Jean Guillou. As a composer, she writes concert pieces for organ, piano and various instrumental formations. She is author of numerous  transcriptions of piano and orchestral works for organ.

She celebrated her debuts with great success in some of Europe’s most famous concert halls, such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in 2024, the Konzerthaus Vienna in 2025, and the Berlin Philharmonie in 2025.

Zuzana is a recording artist for the AEOLUS label since 2022.

New albums: ‘Symphonic Poems’, Jean Guillou/Franz Liszt on the organ of St. Eustache in Paris (2023). With this album, the recording of Jean Guillou’s complete works, including his transcriptions and unpublished works, has begun with Zuzana Ferjenčíková for AEOLUS.

New release is planned for November 2025: Complete works for organ by Jean Guillou, Vol. 2 (Jean Guillou/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), recorded on the Guillou organs in Chant d’Oiseau, Brussels, and Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille, Lille.

A special album was released in September 2025: ‘Passions’, Zuzana Ferjenčíková‘s own transcriptions on the Seifert/Sinua organ in St. Peter and Paul, Ratingen. Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann and Liszt.