About

I am a classically trained composer residing in Bratislava, Slovakia. After studying composition at Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, I took additional education at Universität fur Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and on composition and other musical courses over Europe.

My fascination not only with music and art but also with natural sciences and the life around us is often transformed into my work, which in principle is not limited by one specific genre or style, which allows me to constantly discover new approaches to creation. In my work, I often use electroacoustic approaches combined with classical instruments, visual elements communicating with music or only vocal/instrumental music .

Own works and projects were performed by top notch musicians from Slovakia at domestic festivals (Melos Éthos, New Slovak Music, NEXT festival, etc.) and also abroad (Austria, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Israel, etc.).

I often compose music for other media, in recent years it has mainly been dance and theater performances, documentaries or radio dramas, thanks to which I have collaborated with excellent local directors and choreographers.

Currently I teach musical courses at Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, specializing in musical composition, ear training, media composition and theoretical subjects.

I run an NGO “Hurhaj” whose activities are focused on organizing concerts, educational activities mostly in the field of musical composition and creating platforms to support composers’ creative activities with no territorial limits.

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Music

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War and peace

Radio drama - Lev N. Tolstoy - War and peace.

Directed by A. Hanuliak

2021

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TETSU [The Energy That Shapes Us]

Dance performance

Choreography by P. Šavel

2022

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Prvá

Documentary film

Episode Nr.7 "S. Kovačevičová"
Directed by T. Križková

2016

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Upcoming

24

October

2024

TETSU

Contemporary performance dance

Composed music

Nová cvernovka : Bratislava / Slovakia

19.00

25

September

2024

HAJAJU HAJAJU - Arrangements of Slovak folk songs for piano

Performed by Viktória Budová

Concert Hall of State Conservatory : Bratislava / Slovakia

10:00

14

September

2024

TOSSED VARIATIONS for percussion instruments and piano

Performed by Nowicki Duo

Dworek Sierakowskich : Sopot / Poland

18:00

17

Jun

2024

TALKING TO THE SILVER GOD for solo flute

Asynchronie music festival

Klarisky church : Bratislava / Slovakia

19:00

04

Jun

2024

TWO MINIATURES for tenor and soprano recorder and piano

Premierre of a piece for young musicians / winners of a performers' competition Rajecká hudobná jar

Slovak Institute : Vienna / Austria

12:30

22

May

2024

OMG IT'S FUNK for jazz band

Performed jazz fusion band

Dvorana concert hall : Bratislava / Slovakia

21:00

13

April

2024

TOSSED VARIATIONS for percussion instruments and piano

Performed by Nowicki Duo

Academy of Music : Gdańsk / Poland

14:00

20

January

2024

TOSSED VARIATIONS for percussion instruments and piano

Premiere. Performed by Nowicki Duo (Gdańsk / PL)

Dvorana Concert Hall : Bratislava / Slovakia

19:00

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TICKETS

06

October

2023

"Loopica Marimbica" for marimba and piano

Performed by Nowicki Duo (Gdańsk / PL)

Koncert kameralny "Perkusyjny zawrót głowy"

Kościół Św. Jerzego : Sopot / Poland

19:30

TICKETS

23 & 24

July

2023

New chamber piece composed during the Composing in the Wilderness field trip

Performed by Corvus (The New Music Ensemble of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival)

C.W. Davis Concert Hall : July 23th : Fairbanks / AK / USA

Denali Visitor Center : July 24th : Denali National Park / AK / USA

Time TBA

July

2023

Composing in the Wilderness

I will be a part of the 2023 adventurous field trip for composers in Alaska with two premierres of my new chamber work composed during the trip.

More info coming soon

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