Mgr. Simonne Draper studied the classical guitar from an early age but latterly at the Jaroslav Jezek Conservatoire in Prague under the tutelage of the guitar virtuoso and composer Milan Tesar. Her first classical collection - “Pieces for Guitar” was published by Editio Barenreiter in 2001.

Some of her recent music has received top awards in international songwriting contests. Her song “Finesa 2015” won the classical category of The Hollywood Songwriting Contest in 2015. The compositions “Dolorosa" and “Canzonetta di Aqua” were nominated for the best song in “The American Songwriting Awards” (classical category) in 2015 and 2016, and “Dolorosa" reached the finale of “The UK Songwriting Contest” in 2014.

Her recent projects include cooperation with Patrik Henel and David Wurzczel in a guitar trio called “Klasika Guitar Band” with a repertoire of original music, and she is also writing music for presentation at the Composers Festival to be held in Hastings
in 2018.

Simonne Draper has been a member of The Czech Composers Society since 2016.