Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave (VŠMU)

Established	1949
Location	Bratislava , Slovakia
Website	vsmu.sk

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]

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

^ "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.
^ "Adriana Kučerová." (Archive) (in Slovak) Slovak National Theatre. Retrieved on 4 October 2012. "Štúdia absolvovala na j VŠMU v Bratislave[...]"
^ "Marek Madaric". Government of Slovakia. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ "Authors 2010: Martin Kollar: Nothing Special", Getxophoto.
^ Jancik, Filip (2013). "Curriculum Vitae". Sylvia Čápová - Vizváry. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

External links

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

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