• 1977 – 1981

     Bratislava Conservatory, piano (under Eva Pappová) and composition (under Juraj Pospíšil)

  • 1979 – 1986

    member of the New Bratislava Trio ensemble (Juraj Čižmarovič – vn, Eugen Prochác – vc)

  • 1981 – 1985

      Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, piano (Peter Toperczer, Miloslav Starosta), participation in international performance master classes (e.g. György Sebők)

  • 1985 – 1987

     recipient of a Slovak Music Fund scholarship (under Marián Lapšanský)

  • 1990 – 1993

    doctoral studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (under Ida Černecká)

  • 1990 – 2009

      Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, piano music lecturer (associate Prof.– 2003; prominent students: e.g. František Pergler, Barbora Tolárová and others)

  • 1994 – 1998

     the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Matej Bel University, lecturer

  • since 1997

     the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, lecturer

  • since 2003

     the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Associate Prof. for piano music

  • since 2011

    guest professor at Kunstuniversität Graz in Austria

Zuzana Niederdorfer-Paulechová has given solo performances with leading Slovak and international ensembles (e.g. FOK Prague; philharmonic orchestras in the cities of Zwickau, Plauen, Schwerin, Brašov, Lublin, Moscow), under the batons of Slovak and foreign conductors.  She has performed at many both domestic and international festivals (International F. Chopin Piano Competition in Marianske Lazne – CZ, Festival of Young Performers „Mlade podium“ in Karlovy Vary – CZ, Festival of International Competitions laureates in Prague – CZ, Interforum – HU, Beijing Festival in China etc.)

 

She has given concerts in the Czech Republic, Hungary, England, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Ukraine, Romania, Lithuania, Georgia, Finland, USA and in China.

 

"Paulechová is a representative of the top middle generation of Slovak pianists. She is in the full bloom of her talent and showing major creative abilities. What appeals to the critics is the clarity and intelligibility of her articulation, wide spectrum of colours, evocative drawing of lines, sense of a fragile lyricism and deep empathy, and passionate drama too, drawing on an infallible memory and masterly technique."
(Vladimír Čížik: Dictionary of Slovak Concert Art Vol. I, Hudobné centrum Bratislava 2002, p. 102)

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