Education
She studied at the Brno Conservatory, the Music Academy in Prague under Saša Večtomov, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and with André Navarra, Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich.
She studied at the Brno Conservatory, the Music Academy in Prague under Saša Večtomov, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and with André Navarra, Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich.
She took up the cello at fourteen winning the Beethoven Cello Competition only two years later.Among her many top prizes is the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. International prizes and awards:
Prague Spring Cello competition 1984
Tchaikovsky Cello competition, Moscow 1986
Cello Competition in Scheveningen 1987
Walter Naumburg Competition, New York 1989 "Leonard Rose price"
Nordic Biennale, Denmark 1987
The Danish music critics award, 1988
Grammy nomination for the best classical album, Denmark 1990
"Grammy Classic" award for the best soloist of the year, Prague 1994
The Gramophone award for the Civil Defense with music of Peter Lieberson, 2006
Grammy 07 nomination for the best classical album of the year, United States of America.
Honorary member of the Academy in Sorø, Denmark 1995
Member of The Czechoslovakian Council of Foreign Relations 1992.