Veronika Böhmová immediately enchants you with her sheer vivacity – both when you meet her face to face and when seeing her playing the piano. She has gained experience not only from her teachers (Ivan Klánský, Arkadi Zenzipér), but also from a number of other remarkable pianists (Berman, Béroff, Hellwig, etc).

The conductors with whom she has performed include Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša and Paul Goodwin. Her most significant successes are second prizes at the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona and the Anton G Rubinstein Wettbewerb in Dresden, and progressing to the semifinal of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Following her debut on numerous renowned stages throughout Europe, Veronika Böhmová has now made her eagerly anticipated debut recording.

Like the pianist herself, the selected repertoire is unusual: besides Prokofiev’s weighty 'war' Sonata No.8 and Stravinsky’s fiendishly difficult piano version of Le chant du rossignol, the CD features the two Russian composers’ rarely played yet brilliant Etudes. The album is an exquisite delicacy served on a silver tray to real gourmets and connoisseurs.

Recorded at the Martinů Hall, Academy of Music Prague, September 14-15 and October 26-27, 2013.