SAIDLOVA, Jolana

She studied piano at the Conservatory in Pardubice in the class of Josef Pick, graduating in 1989, and later composition with Svatopluk Havelka at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, graduating in 1994. Since 1994, she has been teaching music theory and piano improvisation at the Conservatory in Pardubice. During her composition studies, Jolana Saidlová won the Generation of Ostrava award for her compositions, as well as second prize for the piano trio Heart (1991) and third prize for Six Songs to lyrics by Franz Werfel (1992). She has also participated in international contemporary music festivals in Heidelberg and Athens.