Zuzana Kadlčíková

Biography

Zuzana Kadlčíková served as the principal chorus master of the Opera of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava from 2021 to 2025. Since 2020, she has collaborated with the opera chorus of the National Theatre Brno as an external chorus master (Verdi: Otello; Zámečník: Ferda Mravenec). Originally from Hradec Králové, Zuzana Kadlčíková began singing at the age of four in the Jitro Children’s Choir. She studied choral conducting at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava and at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno (under Lubomír Mátl), where she later also completed studies in orchestral conducting (under Rastislav Hališka). As a conductor, she made her debut in 2013 at the National Theatre Brno with Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. At the Slovak National Theatre, she conducted Carmen and The Kiss (Hubička), and from 2016 to 2024 she worked as a conductor and répétiteur at the Moravian Theatre Olomouc (2008–2012) and Brno City Theatre (2016–2024). On the concert stage, she has collaborated with orchestras such as the Brno Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, the Janáček Academy Orchestra, and Ars Collegium, among others. Her professional work with choirs began between 2005 and 2007 with Kantiléna, the children’s and youth choir of the Brno Philharmonic, with which she won the highest award (Summa Cum Laude) at the 2006 competition in Neerpelt. She also served as chorus master of the mixed choir Virtuosi di Mikulov (2005–2012) and the mixed choir Ars Brunensis in Brno (2016–2018). From 2018 to 2021, she was assistant chorus master of the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, which she prepared, among other engagements, for the annual Opernfestspiele Heidenheim. She is regularly invited to lead masterclasses and workshops for choral conductors, serves on juries of both Czech and international choral competitions, and works as a vocal coach with soloists.