The Slovak Philharmonic or Slovak State Philharmonic (Slovenská filharmónia) is a Slovak

symphony orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

based in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...

. Founded in 1949, the orchestra has resided since the 1950s in the Baroque era Reduta Bratislava concert hall constructed in 1773. The current chief conductor of the orchestra is Daniel Raiskin, since the start of the 2020–2021 season.

Principal conductors

Václav Talich Václav Talich (; 28 May 1883, Kroměříž – 16 March 1961, Beroun) was a Czech violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, the object of countless reissues of his ...

(1949–1952) *

Ľudovít Rajter Ľudovít Rajter ( hu, Rajter Lajos; 30 July 1906 in Bazin, Kingdom of Hungary – 6 July 2000 in Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Hungarian composer and conductor from Slovakia. The Rajter family immigrated to Hungary from South Germany, but w ...

(1949–1952) * Tibor Frešo (1952–1953) *

conductor (1953–1976) * Ladislav Slovák (1961–1981) *

Libor Pešek Libor Pešek (22 June 1933 – 23 October 2022) was a Czech conductor. He was among the most famous conductors of his time, working regularly across Europe as chief conductor of orchestras in Prague, but also for ten years with the Royal Liver ...

(1981–1982) * Vladimir Verbitsky (1982–1984) *

Bystrík Režucha Bystrík Režucha (14 January 1935, Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated ...

(1984–1989) *

Aldo Ceccato Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian conductor. Ceccato was born in Milan. He worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. Then, from 1976 until 1982, he ...

(1990–1991) * Ondrej Lenárd (1991–2001) * Jiří Bělohlávek (2003–2004) *

Vladimír Válek Vladimír Válek (born 2 September 1935, in Nový Jičín) is a Czech conductor. He was conductor of the Prague Symphony for 10 years, in which he made his first tours of Europe and the United States He was the Principal Conductor of the Slovak P ...

(2004–2007) * Peter Feranec (2007–2009) *

Emmanuel Villaume Emmanuel Villaume (born 1964 in Strasbourg, France) is a French orchestra conductor. He is currently music director of the Dallas Opera and chief conductor of the Prague Philharmonia. Biography Villaume began his musical education at the Stras ...

(2009–2016) * James Judd (2017–2020) * Daniel Raiskin (2020-present)

References

External links

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Slovak Philharmonic Online Archive
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