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, ...

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% o ...

. Founded in 1949, the orchestra has resided since the 1950s in the

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Reduta Bratislava concert hall constructed in 1773. The current chief conductor of the orchestra is

Daniel Raiskin Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

, since the start of the 2020–2021 season.

Principal conductors

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

(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 we ...

(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 Vladimir Igoryevich Verbitsky (russian: Владимир Игоревич Вербицкий; born 1943) is a Soviet and Australian conducting, conductor. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad. He studied piano and conducting at the Saint P ...

(1982–1984) * Bystrík Režucha (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 w ...

(1990–1991) * Ondrej Lenárd (1991–2001) *

Jiří Bělohlávek Jiří Bělohlávek, (; 24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasio ...

(2003–2004) *

Vladimír Válek Vladimír Válek (born 2 September 1935, in Nový Jičín) is a Czech conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album ...

(2004–2007) *

Peter Feranec Peter Feranec (born 1964, Bratislava) is a Slovak conductor. In 1995, he became the first foreign-born, as well as the youngest, person to be appointed Chief Conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа ...

(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 Strasb ...

(2009–2016) *

James Judd James Judd (born 30 October 1949, Hertford) is a British conductor. James Judd grew up in Hertford, learning the piano, flute and organ as a child and discovering his talent for conducting at high school. He studied at the Trinity College of Mus ...

(2017–2020) *

(2020-present)

References

External links

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Slovak Philharmonic Online Archive
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