Jana Šrejma Kacírková - When Love Comes in - BLU-RAY

For her recording debut Jana Šrejma Kacírková has chosen a relatively little known and rarely recorded repertoire of songs by Czech 20th century composers, mostly on Czech and folk texts. The song cycles as well as individual songs she has picked were written during a period of nearly 70 years, beginning in 1907 when Otakar Zich's oldest cycle Písne a písnicky (Songs and Ditties) was written, and spanning to 1973 when Zdenek Blažek composer Sedm písní v lidovém tónu (Seven Songs in Folk Tone). Jana Šrejma Kacírková was born in Ceské Budejovice. In 2006 she graduated from the Prague Conservatory. During her studies, she won a number of awards at the Antonín Dvorák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary.