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 EXPERIENCE

WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS by ISCM, TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands, 2024

I was selected from Slovakia to participate in the World New Music Days 2024, organized by ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music). My orchestral piece "Carpathian Timbre" was performed by the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Finnish conductor John Storgårds. The concert took place at Norræna húsið (The Nordic House).

ARRANGEMENT OF FALLGRAPP's MUSIC, VIVA MUSICA FESTIVAL, Slovakia, 2024

I arranged music for the string orchestra for the opening concert of the Viva Musica Festival, featuring the band Fallgrapp. The string orchestra, led by Jan Kružliak ml., helped create an epic experience for the audience.

WORLD PREMIERE OF ,,TAM OKOLO STREČNA", ŽILINA, Slovakia, 2024

I was commissioned to compose the opening orchestral piece for the concert "Music and ancient myths," inspired by Dobšinský’s legend about Strečno Castle. The Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina, conducted by Frantisek Macek, premiered "Tam okolo Strečna" alongside works by Schubert and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

GUEST APPEARANCE ON 'TROCHU INAK' WITH ADELA, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2024

I had the honor of being a guest on Adela's talk show "Trochu Inak." During the episode, I discussed my journey as a composer and performed two original pieces I composed for this occasion, with cellist Andrej Gal. The talk show, featuring esteemed guests Ondřej G. Brzobohatý and Thomas R. Verny, was broadcast nationwide on television.

SEE THE EPISODE ONLINE HERE: https://www.rtvs.sk/televizia/archiv/15363/468980

META WORLD FESTIVAL, BELGRADE, Serbia 2023

As a selected participant in an open call, I composed ''Botanikor,'' a piece for string orchestra, for Ensemble Metamorphosis. This work was featured at their International Festival of Contemporary Music in Belgrade - Meta World Festival - in December 2023.

PLANTASIA WITH BONUS TRACK ON POHODA FESTIVAL, TRENČÍN airport, Slovakia, 2023 

For the first time in Slovakia, we performed the cult electronic album called Plantasia by Mort Garson. We arranged it for 4 synthesizers and with Kristina Smetanová, we've composed a bonus track called ''See You Soon Sunflower'', that we performed on Pohoda Festival on Trenčín airport. 

SLOVAK PREMIERE OF ,,CARPATHIAN TIMBRE", ŽILINA, Slovakia, 2023 

After international tour of this composition, Slovak Sinfonietta performed Carpathian timbre in a Slovak premiere during their seasonal concert in Žilina, conducted by Rastislav Štúr. 

INTERNATIONAL TOUR OF ,,CARPATHIAN TIMBRE"  across Europe, 2022 

As a winner of Meets Contest, my orchestra composition Carpathian timbre was performed by university orchestras from Tallinn (Estonia), Linköping (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain) across the Europe conducted by Spanish conductor Beatriz Fernández Aucejo. 

PRÍBEH HUDBY (STORY OF THE MUSIC), KOŠICE / BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2022

I was commissioned to compose a short interactive piece for  solo trumpet, trombita, symphonic orchestra and boy's choir. It was performed several times in Košice with State  Symphonic Orchestra and in Bratislava with Slovak Radio Symphonic Orchestra as well. It was also broadcasted online to 15 thousand students of elemantry school in country.

FESTIVAL OF ASIAN MINORITIES, OSTRAVA, Czech Republic 2022

In a festival dedicated to national minorities from Asia, I premiered my composition Sounds of Jungle PERFORMANCE as an audio-visual piece for flute (Hana Hána) and piano (me). We performed in costumes of Geisha.

MUSICA EN CONSTRUCCIÓ - JOVES PROMESES, VALENCIA, Spain 2022

In Centre Cultural la Beneficència in Valencia, my piece for orchestra ,,La vida Española" was premiered as a part of a concert of young promises.

 

ARE THERE WOMEN IN SLOVAKIA?, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2022

On occasion of a project about Slovak women in art, I got a commission for composing a piece for soprano and piano, which held its premiere in the Slovak Radio Building. This project connected all generations of Slovak composers-women, I represented the youngest one.

 

WINNER of the 1st PRIZE, MEETS CONTEST 2022

I became the winner of the international composition competition organized by universities from Italy, Sweden, Estonia and Spain. The winning composition Carpathian timbre will be performed by the orchestras of involved universities during their 2022/2023 concert season. 

DEVANAS DUO DEBUT ALBUM, 2021

Four-hands piano duo of two Slovak pianists released their debut album with 6 works commissioned from selected Slovak composers. One of the works is my composition On the wave and the wind, which was also premiered the same year at the festival Asynchrónie on June in Slovak Radio Building.

 

NEW SLOVAK MUSIC FESTIVAL, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2021

I was commissioned to compose a piece for EnsembleSpectrum in the occasion of Festival of New Slovak Music, that took place in Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava. This piece called ,,Foggish" was inspired by changes of clouds and fog in the High Tatras mountains.

SLOVAK SINFONIETTA - STATE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, ŽILINA, Slovakia 2021

The Slovak National Chamber Orchestra performed my work Sounds of Jungle (Slovak premiere), as a part of the Music connecting continents program (Rossini, Saint-Saens, and others). Conducted by Debashish Chaudhuri (India), soloist on flute Hana Hána (Czech Republic). 

WINNER of the 1st PRIZE, GENERATION 2021 – international competition of composers

International jury selected my work Sounds of Jungle as the winning piece from among 86 submissions. 

The competition is organized by Leos Janacek International Festival of Music. The winning piece will also be performed at the festival in 2022. 

MUSEO DE CIUDAD QUERETARO, Mexico 2020

I composed the music for an interactive exhibition El club de Tupperware dedicated to International Women’s Day. At the opening I played a piano, a singer improvised, and a DJ was creating live loop from sounds of breaking glass and other objects by female visitors of the exhibition, as they were allowed to break all the things prepared for the event.

MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO QUERETARO, Mexico 2019

The Mexican artist Vanessa Enriquez created a big artwork made of magnetic tapes and asked me to compose a music piece to accompany her art and strengthen the experience for the visitors. I played this on piano during the opening of the exhibition, and later a recording of my work was being played in the room with Vanessa`s work.

GRADUATION CONCERT IN THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC, Czech Republic 2019

The Moravian Philharmonic and a soloist on flute, Hana Hána, performed a piece composed by me called The Sounds of Jungle in the Brno Philharmonic. My work was inspired by wild nature, animals, and indigenous rhythms from Central and South America.

BRNO - THE HAGUE CONNECTION PROJECT, Czech Republic / Netherlands 2018

In this collaboration between my university and Royal Conservatoire of The Hague I took part as one of 6 international composers. My composition was performed in both cities.

THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC, Czech Republic, 2017

Flutist Hana Hána performed my piece for solo flute as a part of a chamber concert.

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SYMPOSIUM TRSTENICE, Czech Republic 2016, 2017

I took part in this summer school twice. The focus was on percussion instruments. I attended a lot of lessons and discussions with composers from all around the world.

FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ASYNCHRONIE BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2016

I participated as a composer and pianist with my piece for piano quartet called “105 bars just for fun” at this festival.

COMPETITION JAZZ START UP, Slovakia 2015

As a big fan of jazz I took part in this competition with one of my jazz compositions for piano, guitar and contrabass. After I advanced into TOP 10 the Slovak National Radio recorded my piece and has been broadcasting it since then.

VENI ACADEMY PROJECT, Slovakia 2014

Taking part in this project has introduced me to contemporary music and has literally opened my eyes. I spent a whole week rehearsing and improvising and afterwards our international ensemble played 3 concerts in 3 different Slovak cities. I am in love with contemporary music composition since attending this project.

NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS OF CONSERVATORIES, Slovakia 2013

I participated in a national competition with orchestra piece as a student of Conservatory Bratislava and finished on the 2nd place.

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