‘One of the greatest talents I have ever seen.’
Maria João Pires
‘An artist with a distinct and compelling voice and a musical sincerity that is rare, indeed.’
Norma Fisher
Born in Slovenia, in 2002, Zala Kravos was initiated into music from the age of three in Brussels and started piano lessons at the age of five in Luxembourg. The following year she entered the Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg, where she has attained diplomas in performance and music theory. From 2012 to 2016, she studied in parallel at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Belgium) with Maria João Pires and continued with Louis Lortie until 2018, when she obtained the ‘Young Artist Diploma’.
From 2019 to 2025, she continued her studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Norma Fisher and Dmitri Alexeev, obtaining a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in 2023 and a Master of Music in Performance (Keyboard) in 2025, both with the highest honours. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree as a duo with her brother at the École Normale de Musique de Paris – Alfred Cortot. From 2010 to 2019, she regularly took part in masterclasses with internationally renowned pianists. For several years, she has been giving private lessons to selected students and recently led masterclasses in China, Luxembourg, and the United States.
Since the age of six, Zala has performed regularly in public as a soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestras, appearing in twenty countries, including China and the United States. Her repertoire spans polyphonic, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary works, some composed especially for her or for her piano duet with her brother. She has participated in festivals in over a dozen European countries. In December 2018, she was nominated for the Luxembourg ‘Export Artist of the Year’ award in the ‘Classical and Contemporary Music’ category.
From 2009 to 2014, she won national and international competitions in Luxembourg and France and in 2016 in the USA, where she was invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall. Since then, she has focused on regular public performances and recordings.
She recorded in Germany her first solo album in 2017, at the age of 14. Critics across Europe were unanimous in their praise. In June 2021, she recorded a second album of piano duets with her brother Val, equally well received by critics. In 2013, she recorded two impromptus (Schubert and Chopin) for the jubilee CD marking the 150 years of the UGDA, Luxembourgian music education association.
‘A performing career that is already international enough to make her talk as if she’s an old hand’
International Piano Magazine, United Kingdom
