Jana Chaudhuri ranks among the most outstanding talents of the next generation of pianists. Already during her studies at the Conservatory of Ceske Budejovice (under MgA. Marie Simkova Kotrcova) and her higher studies at the Janacek Academy in Brno (with Prof. Alena Vlasakova), she drew great attention as a result of critically acclaimed concert performances as well as honours and awards in both national and international piano competitions. The Czech National Foundation of Music placed her in their prestigious Roster of Young Artists and she has also repeatedly been awarded the title of Talent of South Bohemia.
She has performed in numerous concerts all over the Czech Republic as well as Europe for example, England, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belgium etc. and, Asia and North America. In fact she was the first Czech woman to have had public concerts in India as well. On the request of the Indian Ambassador in Prague, Jana Chaudhuri presented special concerts on the occasion of the birth anniversaries of the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore as well as Swami Vivekananda. She also began a unique project with Bharatnatyam dancer Rasabihari in which two dramatically different worlds of art meet and communicate – Indian Classical dance and European Classical music. She performed in the Rudolf Firkusny Festival of classical music to honor the great Czech pianist as well as his music which was also the first concert in the Art Deco Tugendhat villa in Brno.
She won 1st Prize in a string of national and international piano competitions for example, absolute winner in the International Smetana Piano Competition in Plzen in 2006, in addition to the Czech Radio award. First Prize and the Joseph Seidler Prize in the Anglo–Czechoslovak Trust Competition in London, 2004 as well as First Prize in the International Forum for Young pianists in Portugal in 2009. Absolute winner in the Pro Bohemia Competition in 2002, Ostrava. 1st Prize in the Gradus ad Parnassum Competition in Lithuania in 2001 and 1st Prize in the International Novak Piano Competition, 2010 in Kamenice nad Lipou. She is also the recipient of a Yamaha scholarship in 2008. 2nd Prize in the Mozart Competition in Rome, 2008 and was awarded the Special Prize for the best interpretation of Janacek's composition in the Janacek Competition in 2008.
She has also been a laureate in various competitions such as Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte, The International Piano Competition of Kosice, The Mozart Competition Amadeus, Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf Competition, the National Music Schools Awards, Inter–Conservatory competitions as well as 5–time winner of the Prague Junior Note competition.
She has participated in master–courses under famed names such as I. Cernecka, W. Groppenberger, E. Indjic, P. Jasmin, J. Jirasky, A. Kouyoumdjian, C. Moniuszko, V. Nosina, E. Solar–Kindermann, V. Svihliková, P. Toperczer, A. Zenziper etc. Apart from her solo career, she also devotes time to chamber music and regular appearances as a soloist with symphony orchestras for example, the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, South Czech Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra of Trebon etc.
She is married to Indian conductor Debashish Chaudhuri with whom she has performed in several successful concerts both on the national and international stage. Her father is a singer for over 30 years in the South Bohemian Opera and her brother–in–law Raj Chaudhuri is a successful painter based in Denver, USA. She is also a Professor of Piano at the International Conservatory of Prague.