Zuzana Ferjenčíkova | Summer Organ Festival

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  • Venue

    Southwark Cathedral

  • Time

    6:30 PM

  • Price

    From £5

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Join us for a summer of organ music as we host five organ recitals on the renowned T.C Lewis organ of Southwark Cathedral

This recital forms part of the Southwark Cathedral Summer Organ Festival 2026, a month-long celebration of organ music featuring distinguished performers from across the UK and Europe. Each concert also includes a Q&A hosted by a guest interviewer.
 
Alongside this concert, the festival welcomes Zuzana Ferjenčíková (3 August), Colin Walsh (10 August), Simon Hogan (17 August), Martin Schmeding (24 August) and Jean-Baptiste Monnot (31 August). Browse the other recitals to discover a range of programmes, styles and musical traditions.
 
Monday 3 August | Zuzana Ferjencikova
 
Programme:
  • Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (trans. Jean Guillou)
  • Grande Sonate Pathétique op. 13 I - Ludwig van Beethoven (trans. Zuzana Ferjencikova)
  • from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) op. 15 - Robert Schumann (trans.
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  • XII. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
  • XIII. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)
  • St Francis of Paola walking on the waves – Franz Liszt (trans. Zuzana Ferjencikova)
  • Suite for Thomas Becket, the Saint Archbishop of Canterbury, op. 27 - Zuzana Ferjencikova
 
Biography:
ZUZANA FERJENČÍKOVÁ is a Slovakian organist, pianist and composer. She was educated from early childhood in alignment with the Russian piano tradition (Oľga Ormisová, Jewgenij Irshai) and pursued organ studies at the conservatory in Banská Bystrica (Milan Hric) and at the universities in Bratislava and Vienna. She has been influenced especially by the teaching of and collaboration with her Maître Jean Guillou (Paris). Holder of numerous prizes in international competitions, 2004 she was the first woman to be awarded the First Prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Haarlem in the Netherlands. From September 2021 she is appointed professor for organ at Codarts University in Rotterdam. She gives master-classes in improvisation, interpretation and transcription, takes part in international organ competition juries and follows an intense concert and recording career. She celebrated her debuts with great success in the most famous concert halls such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wiener Konzerthaus, Berliner Philharmonie, as well as in cathedrals such as Notre Dame de Paris and Cologne Cathedral. As a performer, her focus lie in the Romantic period and the music of 20th century, in particular the œuvre by Franz Liszt, César Franck, Marcel Dupré and Jean Guillou. As a composer, she writes concert pieces for organ, piano and various instrumental formations, and also for the Roman Catholic liturgy. She is author of numerous transcriptions of piano and orchestral works for organ. Since 2022 she is recording artist of the German label AEOLUS. New releases: Jean Guillou Vol. 1: « Symphonic poems ». Jean Guillou and Franz Liszt, Van den Heuvel organ at St. Eustache (Paris). Jean Guillou Vol. 2: « Colours and Shadows ». Jean Guillou and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean Guillou/Detlev Kleuker organ in Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels (Belgium); Gonzales/Klais/Guillou organ at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Treille, Lille (France). « Passions ». Organ transcriptions by Zuzana Ferjencikova (Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt), Seiffert/Sinua organ at St. Peter und Paul, Ratingen (Germany).