Drahomíra Matznerová

Czech republic
organ
http://www.matznerova.cz/

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Studied with Professor Jan Hora at the Prague Conservatory, and subsequently in the class of Professor Jaroslav Tůma at the Academy of Music in Prague. While still a student, she also attended a number of organ courses in this country, as well as in The Netherlands and France, conducted by Petr Eben, Martin Sander, Heidi Emmert, Jan Jongepier, and Jan Willem Janssen.

Since 1995 she has been titular organist at the Church of Our Lady of Victory in Prague, where she also performed before the Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague. Since 1996 she has likewise been an organist at the Great Hall of the New Town Hall in Prague.

Apart from her soloist career, she accompanies various ensembles in their music productions, including performances of Haydn´s Creation, Handel´s The Messiah, Mozart´s Requiem, Dvořák´s Mass in D major, and many other masses and oratorios.