Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Slovak: Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.^[1]

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave (VŠMU)
Established	1949
Location	Bratislava , Slovakia
Website	vsmu.sk

The university consists of three faculties:

• Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management)
• Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory)
• Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))

Notable alumni

• Adriana Kučerová, soprano^[2]
• Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture^[3]
• Alexander Moyzes, composer
• Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist
• Ján Cikker, composer
• Jolana Fogašová, soprano
• Ľudovít Rajter, composer
• Frico Kafenda, composer
• Ivan Hrušovský, composer
• Peter Zagar, composer
• Vladimír Godár, composer
• Peter Breiner, composer, conductor
• Marek Piaček, composer
• Ľuboš Bernáth, composer
• Ladislav Slovák, conductor
• Marián Lejava, composer, conductor
• Pavol Gábor, tenor
• Štefan Hoza, tenor
• Bohdan Warchal, violinist
• Miroslav Dvorský, tenor
• Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker
• Juraj Nvota, theatre and film director
• Martin Šulík, film director
• Emília Vášáryová, actress
• Tatiana Pauhofová, actress
• Martin Kollar, photographer^[4]
• Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist^[5]
• Kristína Mravcová, actress
• Lucia Popp, soprano
• Edita Gruberová, soprano

References

1. "Music in Slovakia in The Socialist Era – the Topic for Education of Contemporary Youth". doi:10.36059/978-966-397-132-2/55-79. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
2. "Adriana Kučerová." (Archive) (in Slovak) Slovak National Theatre. Retrieved on 4 October 2012. "Štúdia absolvovala na j VŠMU v Bratislave[...]"
3. "Marek Madaric". Government of Slovakia. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
4. "Authors 2010: Martin Kollar: Nothing Special", Getxophoto.
5. Jancik, Filip (2013). "Curriculum Vitae". Sylvia Čápová - Vizváry. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

External links

• Slovakia portal

• Official website (in Slovak)
  • General Information
  • Music and dance faculty

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