Miroslav Ambroš, violin & Zuzana Ambroš, piano

Miroslav Ambroš, violin

Miroslav Ambroš studied under many outstanding pedagogues from the Czech Republic and Germany. He attended the Prague Conservatory, C.M. von Weber in Dresden (Prof. Ivan Ženatý), Faculty of Music AMU (Prof. Ivan Štraus), and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover (Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn). He also completed master courses in Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, where he received lessons from great musicians like P. Zukerman, R. Ricci, A. Chumachenco, G. Pauk, and P. Amoyal. He started taking private lessons from Maestro Josef Suk in 2008.

Miroslav has received numerous music accolades, winning the international competition “Du Prix des Jeunes Talents Eropéens de Musique Classique” in Marseille. Ambroš won a gold medals from international music competitions in Vienna(2020) and New York (2022). 

Miroslav Ambroš has had the opportunity to perform practically all over the world. Within his nearly thousands of concerts, he has repeatedly performed at various festivals in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Canada, Russia, South Korea, and the U.S. He has played at many prominent world stages such as Tabaret Hall in Ottawa, Memorial Hall in Phoenix, Oratoire de Louvre in Paris, Sala Caselle in Roma, and the Art Center in Soul. Miroslav has also taken part in many music festivals in Czech Republic and Slovakia. He had the privilege to perform Tchaikovsky´s Violin Concerto D major in the Dvorak Hall in Rudolfinum, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. He also performed on other prominent stages in the Czech Republic, such as Smetana’s Hall in the Community House and the Spanish Hall in the Prague Castle. 

He has performed with most Czech and Slovak orchestras and worked for numerous Czech and Slovak television and radio broadcasts. He completed recordings for radio broadcasts in Marseille and Luxembourg, and for the BBC. His violin can be heard on several recordings published by Arco Diva, Radioservis, and Supraphon. In one recording, he joined Maestro Josef Suk, which received the Editor's Choice Award at the Classic FM Magazine Awards in 2009.

In 2017, he founded a unique chamber orchestra called Ambroš Ladies Orchestra, in which he performs as the solo artist. On October 2018, they had concert in Opera Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier in Monaco in the presence of the Albert II, Prince of Monaco. During 2019, he performed with this orchestra in the Czech Republic at prestigious festivals, recorded a CD and made a Christmas tour with tenor Štefan Margita.

Annually in middle of March, under the auspices of Czech Embassy, consulates and compatriotic associations, he returns to the U.S. to give concerts in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, Little Rock, and Portland, leading master classes for students in select cities.

Zuzana Ambroš, piano

Zuzana Ambrošová began her conservatory studies in Košice at the age of 13 as an exceptionally talented child. She graduated from piano playing at the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the supervision of Prof. Zdeněk Jílek (piano) and Prof. Jan Panenka (chamber).

She received private lesson by Lecturer Valentina Kameníková for one year. She also extended her studies by taking graduate piano courses in Weimar, Germany. At the age of 16, as the laureate of the Smetana´s piano competition and the international competition Beethoven’s Hradec, she became a solo artist in the State Philharmonic Orchestra Košice, which she later joined again. As a solo artist, she made a successful appearance with the Vienna Philharmonic. She taught piano at the conservatory in Košice for 10 years and has performed across Slovakia and abroad.

In 1992, she started working at the Prague Conservatory and engaged in external cooperation with the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Since 1994, she has worked at the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Prague Music High School. She is a much sought after chamber player and is repeatedly invited to perform at international festivals and competitions, to include Prague´s Spring, Talent of the Year, and Ameropa. She has

performed at concerts and festivals in Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, Monaco, Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria. 

She has performed in concerts on prominent stages around the world, such as Dal Verme theatre in Milan, Sala Silentium in Bologna, Sala Caselle in Roma, Ville Bardini in Florence, Palazzo Tobia in Genoa, Maison Cantonale Bordeaux Bastide, Oratoir du Louvre in Paris, Memorial Hall in Phoenix, Kerry Hall in Seattle, San Rafael Hall in Buenos Aires, the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York, and many others. She regularly makes recordings for Czech and Slovak radios and televisions. Since 2016, she actively toured through the U.S., performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, New York, Phoenix, Little Rock, Seattle, Portland, Dallas, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids. She is also touring in Canada this year. In recent years she has played concerts with the Ambroš Ladies Orchestra and Virtousi di Praga in Croatia , France, Germany, Holland, and Monaco.

She recorded the album Il Vrituoso with the violinist Miroslav Ambroš, which was published at the Arco Diva label.