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"Each of the Draper chapters brings with it an inescapable magnetism. Simonne Draper’s music is like looking at effervescent Faience pottery, glazed in true blue and white porcelain, signifying saturated brightness and clarity. Sound quality is unblemished. Guitar purists will find this recording hard to resist. Strongly recommended."

Christie Grimstad, ConcertoNet [August 2019]

Simonne Draper is an acoustic-classical composer and guitarist, a member of the Czech Composers Society, and a voting member of The Recording Academy™ for the Grammy Awards®. Though she obtained a law degree at university, she has been involved in music composition since childhood. Later, she studied at the conservatory with renowned guitar composer Milan Tesař, where, in addition to guitar performance, she also received guidance in composition as part of her lessons. During her studies at the conservatory, Simonne often performed in collaboration with other guitarists in Prague churches and local concert halls. In 2016, she became a member of the Czech Composers Society. In 2019, her debut album, Portraits In Guitar, was released under the record label MSR Classics in the USA. The album received positive acclaim from publications such as Fanfare, American Record Guide, and Concertonet, among others, and gained airplay on hundreds of radio stations across the globe, including BBC Radio Kent, Radio Six International, and Radio Classic Praha. Music from the album was also featured on various established radio shows such as The Mike Rogers Show and Lively Lounge with Tony Currie, among others. As an active classical guitar player, she also collaborates with various award-winning artists who present her music at concert venues and festivals. She enjoys exploring different genres and recently collaborated with acclaimed British musician Jon Kennedy, who remixed her compositions "Eclipse" and "Fairytale" in chillout and downtempo styles. Both remixes were submitted in the recent Grammy Awards® under the category Best Remixed Recording. In 2025, she also collaborated with GRAMMY®-winning artists, including Alexx Antaeus, who created Accordiana - Antaeus Remix, based on her original composition. She collaborates with Bongo Boy Records on her new music. Her second album of original music, Silence of Eclipse, was released in June 2024. She continues to collaborate with the record label on compilation albums, where her music appears alongside various award-winning artists.

Awards:

Best Classical Musicians Awards (2025) - 1st Place in the category Best Original Composition for Espanola

World Classical Music Awards (2025) - 2nd Place in the category Composition for Canzonetta dell'Acqua

Albums:

"Portraits in Guitar" (MSR Classics, 2019)

"Silence of Eclipse" (Bongo Boy Records, 2024)

Compilations:

"The 66th FYC", compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2024)

"Escape the Mind", compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2024)

"Volume XXIII", compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2024)

"Let's Have Rocking'Christmas" compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2024)

"The 67th FYC", compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2025)

"Volume XXIV", compilation (Bongo Boy Records, 2025)

Simonne Draper’s music has been featured on the following radio stations:

The album "Portraits in Guitar" released by MSR Classics in 2019

The album "Silence of Eclipse" released by Bongo Boy Records in 2024

"What an absolutely beautiful piece of music....... a truly cross-European fusion of brilliance."

Leo Ulph, BBC Radio Kent [Spring 2022]

"Beautiful piece of music.....hope to receive more beautiful music like that!"

Mark Eckel, OZ Radio Gold [Spring 2023]

"[Draper's] works are well-balanced between the solo guitar and electronic orchestra, showcase the many extended techniques of the guitar, and very enjoyable."

Pan Pipes [Winter 2020]

“[Draper’s playing] has a full, sonorous tone and the phrases are shaped more like a classical player than a pop musician..."

Smith, American Record Guide [January/February 2020]

"Portraits in Guitar...is smooth and very easy to like... do yourself a favor by spending time with a composer-performer whose musical talents make me glad that she did not pursue law further. The world needs more beauty like this; it does not need more lawyers!"

Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare [November/December 2019]

"The ten pieces heard here are direct in their appeal and often hauntingly beautiful and evocative... you will probably want to encore the entire program!"

Phil Muse, Atlanta Audio Club [September 2019]

"Each of the Draper chapters brings with it an inescapable magnetism. Simonne Draper’s music is like looking at effervescent Faience pottery, glazed in true blue and white porcelain, signifying saturated brightness and clarity. Sound quality is unblemished. Guitar purists will find this recording hard to resist. Strongly recommended."

Christie Grimstad, ConcertoNet [August 2019]

"it is [Simonne's] guitar, and her melodic inventiveness, that are the stars on this CD... I found it extremely enjoyable... Draper plays the guitar beautifully, in a classical style that is lyrical and clean... This is music to enjoy... it is smooth and very easy to like... The world needs more beauty like this."