The Academy of Performing Arts in
Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.
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
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Adriana Kučerová, soprano
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Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture
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Alexander Moyzes
Alexander Moyzes (4 September 1906 – 20 November 1984) was a Slovak neoromantic composer.
Biography
Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 at Kláštor pod Znievom, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was the composer and educato ...
, composer
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Ján Cikker
Ján Cikker (29 July 1911 – 21 December 1989) was a Slovak composer, a leading exponent of modern Slovak classical music. He was awarded the title ''National Artist'' in Slovakia, the Herder Prize (1966) and thIMC-UNESCO International Music Pri ...
, composer
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Jolana Fogašová, soprano
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Ľudovít Rajter, composer
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Ľuboš Bernáth, composer
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Frico Kafenda, composer
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Ladislav Slovák, conductor
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Ivan Hrušovský, composer
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Pavol Gábor, tenor
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Štefan Hoza, tenor
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Bohdan Warchal, violinist
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Miroslav Dvorský, tenor
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Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker
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Juraj Nvota
Juraj Nvota (born 1 March 1954) is a Slovak actor and film director.
Selected filmography Director
Actor
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Film people from Bratislava
Slovak male film actors
Slova ...
, theatre and film director
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Martin Šulík
Martin Šulík (born October 20, 1962, in Žilina) is a Slovak film director. He studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from which he graduated in 1986. His 2011 film ''Gypsy'' was selected as the Slovak entry for ...
, film director
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Emília Vášáryová, actress
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Tatiana Pauhofová, actress
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Martin Kollar Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
, photographer
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Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist
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Kristína Mravcová, actress
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Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová; 12 November 193916 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Str ...
, soprano
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Edita Gruberová
Edita Gruberová (; 23 December 1946 – 18 October 2021) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini's ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Opera ...
, soprano
References
External links
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General InformationMusic and dance faculty
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Theatre in Slovakia
Education in Bratislava
Film schools in Slovakia
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