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Official Site: http://www.filharm.sk/was founded in 1949. Two remarkable internationally acclaimed personalities, Václav Talich (Principal Conductor 1949-1952) and Dr Ľudovít Rajter (1949-1976, until 1961 its Artistic Director) asisted at its birth. Other principal conductors that have played their part in the musical evolution of the orchestra include Tibor Frešo, Ladislav Slovák, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Verbickij, Bystrík Re¿ucha, and Aldo Ceccato. From 1991 to 2001 Ondrej Lenárd was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 2003/2004 season, Jiří Bělohlávek acted as Artistic Director and since the 2004/2005 season Vladimír Válek has been Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. Among the many guest conductors it is necessary to mention world-famous artists like Claudio Abbado, Hermann Abendroth, Karel Ančerl, Roberto Benzi, Miltiades Caridis, Sergiu Celibidache, James Conlon, Oskar Danon, Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimir Fedosejev, János Ferencsik, Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, James Judd, Peter Keuschnig, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Ken Ichiro Kobayashi, Kiril Kondrashin, Franz Konwitschny, Alain Lombard, Fabio Luisi, J.ean Martinon, Kurt Masur, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Riccardo Muti, Václav Neumann, Antonio Pedrotti, Zoltán Peskó, Karl Richter, Mario Rossi, Witold Rowicki, Kurt Sanderling, Sir Malcom Sargent, Leif Segerstam, Leonard Slatkin, Václav Smetáček, Pinchas Steinberg, Otmar Suitner, Jevgenij Svetlanov, Arturo Tamayo, Ralf Weikert, Carlo Zecchi and others. In 1996, after long-term successful collaboration with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Košler was awarded the title of honour of Honorary Principal Conductor in memorium. Numerous famous composers have also conducted their own compositions with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, among others Krzysztof Penderecki and Aram Khachaturian. The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra regularly appears at music festivals all over Europe (Prague Spring, Prague Autumn, Bratislava Music Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Brucknerfest Linz, Carinthischer Sommer, Berliner Festtage, Festival de Strasbourg, Warszawska Jesień, Athens Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Sagra Musicale Umbra). During its numerous international tours, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra has performed in most European countries, Cyprus, Turkey, Japan and the United States of America. The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra has made a great many recordings for radio broadcasts, television and record companies, including OPUS, Supraphon, Panton, Hungaroton, JVC Victor, RCA, Pacific Music, Naxos and Marco Polo. The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra is the most significant symphony orchestra in the Slovak Republic and forms the centre of musical life in the capital, Bratislava. Every season the programme includes a series of theme-orientated symphonic, vocal and symphonic and chamber concerts and last, but not least, a special concert series for children and young listeners have been created in order to attract a broader audience. |
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