The Academy of Performing Arts in

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(, 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

Adriana Kučerová Adriana Kučerová (born 24 February 1976) is a Slovak operatic soprano. When she was 22 years old and almost finished with her university studies, she decided to go into a music career. Frank Kuznik of ''The Prague Post'' wrote, "To say that ...

, soprano *

Marek Maďarič Marek Maďarič (born 23 March 1966 in Bratislava) is a Slovak politician for the Direction - Social Democracy Direction may refer to: *Body relative direction, for instance left, right, forward, backwards, up, and down ** Anatomical terms of ...

, Slovak Minister of Culture *

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 educat ...

, composer * Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist *

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 Pr ...

, composer * Jolana Fogašová, soprano *

Ľudovít Rajter Ľudovít Rajter (; 30 July 1906 – 6 July 2000) was a Slovak composer and conductor from Austria-Hungary. Early life and education Rajter's evangelical family had roots among the German-Hungarian and Dutch communities. His father was ...

, composer *

Frico Kafenda Frico Kafenda (October 2, 1883 – September 3, 1963) was a Slovak composer, and a musical pedagogue. His piano students included a famous composer Eugen Suchoň. Kafenda was born in Mosóc (present-day Mošovce). Following his studies he worked i ...

, composer * Ivan Hrušovský, composer * Peter Zagar, composer *

Vladimír Godár Vladimír Godár (born 16 March 1956, in Bratislava) is a Slovak Contemporary classical music, classical and film score composer. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer, and composer Iva Bittová. As an academic, ...

, composer *

Peter Breiner Peter Breiner (born 3 July 1957) is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer. Biography Early life and studies Breiner, born in Humenné, Czechoslovakia, began to play the piano at age four. When he was nine, he enrolled at the conservatory i ...

, composer, conductor * Marek Piaček, composer *

Ľuboš Bernáth Ľuboš Bernáth (born 8 November 1977 in Nové Zámky) is a Slovak people, Slovak composer and music educator. Educated at the conservatory in Bratislava from 1996 to 2001, he subsequently studied with the composer Evgeni Irshai. Since 2008-09 he ...

, composer *

Ladislav Slovák Ladislav Slovák (10 September 1919, Veľké Leváre – 22 July 1999, Bratislava) was a Slovak conductor. He was a long-time director of the Slovak Philharmonic, taking over the job from his teacher and mentor Václav Talich. Amongst his mo ...

, conductor * Marián Lejava, composer, conductor *

Pavol Gábor Pavol Gábor (1 December 1932 – 28 August 2003) was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1960s through the 1990s. He had a lengthy and fruitful partnership at the Slovak National Theatre which lasted f ...

, tenor *

Štefan Hoza Štefan Hoza (20 October 1906, Smižany – 6 April 1982, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak operatic tenor, actor, librettist, educator, music publicist, and historian. Hoza worked as a teacher before studying singing at the Academy of Performing Art ...

, tenor *

Bohdan Warchal Bohdan Warchal (27 January 1930 in Orlová, Czechoslovakia – 30 December 2000 in Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Slovak violinist, a member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and founder, chief conductor and soloist of the Slovak Chamber Or ...

, violinist *

Miroslav Dvorský Miroslav Dvorský (born 16 May 1960) is a Slovak people, Slovak operatic tenor of international renown who has had an active career since the early 1980s. Biography Born in Partizánske, Dvorský has a twin brother, Jaroslav Dvorský, who is al ...

, tenor *

Zuzana Piussi Zuzana Piussi (born 21 October 1971 in Bratislava) is a Slovak director and documentary filmmaker, as well as an actress. She graduated from the Department of Directing at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Brati ...

aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker *

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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, theatre and film director *

Martin Šulík Martin Šulík (born 20 October 1962 in Žilina) is a Slovak film director. He studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where he graduated in 1986. His 2011 film ''Gypsy'' was selected as the Slovak entry for the Be ...

, film director *

Emília Vášáryová Emília Vášáryová, Doctor Artis Dramaticae ( hon.) (; born 18 May 1942) is a Slovak stage and screen actress, whom '' Variety'' and other publications refer to as the "First Lady of Slovak Theater". During a career of more than five decades ...

, actress *

Tatiana Pauhofová Tatiana Pauhofová (born 13 August 1983) is a Slovak actress born in Bratislava. Life and career Tatiana (Táňa) Pauhofová studied Acting at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She was chosen among the 'Shooting Stars' of European Film ...

, actress *

Martin Kollar Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Mart� ...

, photographer *

Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry M. A., ArtD. (; born March 12, 1947, in Szombathely, Hungary) is a Slovakian pianist. Early life Čápová learned the basics of piano playing from her mother Gizela, a piano teacher. From childhood onwards, her abiliti ...

, pianist * Kristína Mravcová, actress *

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 *

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 Oper ...

, soprano

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