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: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

based in

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. 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 conductor, violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, the object of countless reissue ...

(1949–1952) *

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 ...

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

(1953–1976) *

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 ...

(1961–1981) * Libor Pešek (1981–1982) * Vladimir Verbitsky (1982–1984) *

Bystrík Režucha Bystrík Režucha (14 January 1935 in Bratislava – 16 August, 2012) was a Slovak conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Biology and medicine * Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear * Conduction aphasia, a lang ...

(1984–1989) *

Aldo Ceccato Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian conductor. Biography 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. From 1976 until 198 ...

(1990–1991) *

Ondrej Lenárd Ondrej Lenárd (9 September 1942, Korompa, Hungary Slovakia.html" ;"title="ow Krompachy, Slovakia">ow Krompachy, Slovakia is a Slovak conductor. He was principal conductor of the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1990 and of the ...

(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 (2 September 1935 – 16 February 2025) was a Czech conductor and educator, best known for leading the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2011. He transformed the radio orchestra with few public performances to one of ...

(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 Strasb ...

(2009–2016) *

James Judd James Judd (born 30 October 1949) is a British conductor. Early life and education 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 ...

(2017–2020) * Daniel Raiskin (2020–present)

References

External links

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Slovak Philharmonic Online Archive
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