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* 25 March 1958 in Bratislava
1973–1977 studies at secondary school
• 1977–1982 studies of theory of music at Academy of Music and Drama (AMD)
in Bratislava, concurrently studying composition privately (with Juraj
Pospíšil, Dušan Martinček and Ilja Zeljenka) • 1984–1991 editor of books and
sheet music at OPUS Publishing House, later active as independent editor and
producer in the field of original audio-visual arts programmes, music
director (OPUS, Slovak Radio, Slovak Music Fund, Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina,
Rugginenti Editore Milano) • 1991 founder of music-history series Artis
Musicae Monumenta Slovaca (AMMS) • since 1988 teacher at Faculty of Music of
the AMD as external lecturer, since 1996 as internal teacher of theory and
history of music • since 1997 vice-dean of the Faculty of Music of the AMD •
1995 founder and artistic director of an ensemble for Renaissance music
Chorus Angelorum ensemble • since 2000 chair of the Union of Slovak
Composers and member of the Board of the Melos-Ethos festival, member of the
Slovak Section of ISCM
Solo Instrument
Waxworks. Seven pieces for piano. (1985) 15'
Caput mortuum (1997) • org • 12'
Chamber Ensemble
Responsio (1988) • clb, vc • 11'
Sonatina (1988) • cl, pf • 7'
Duets (1989) • vc, cb • 12'
Sonate en deux expressions caractéristiques françaises (1987–94) • vc,
pf • 25'
I have met my own death yesterday. In memoriam Alberto Giacometti
(1994) • cl, pf
Trio (1986) • vn, vl, vc • 10'
Septet (1986) • ob, cl, fg, vn, vl, vc, pf • 20'
Fantasia a tre parti (1986) • vc, cb • 20'
Responsio II (1988) • clb, vc, ar, pf • 12'
Non omnis moriar. Piano trio (1987) • vn, vc, pf • 22'
Requiem für den Vater Leopold (1990) • 2ob, 2cl, 2cr, 2fg • 11'
Pulcherrima ad honorem Sancti Augustini memoriae per due quartetti
d'archi (1991) 18'
Corale e fuga con epilogo (1993) • 2pf • 14'
Spiritus tuus in nobis. String quartet (1995) 15'
Shadow (1997) • fl, ob, fg • 7'
Armor, a Land Overlooking the Sea. Brittany fantasia (1998) • cl, cb,
pf • 12'
Lettres de mon moulin. Quattre pieces d’apres Alphonse Daudet,
Instrumental version (1999) • fl, cl, vc, pf, gui, vbf • 20'
Responsio II (1988) • cl, pf • 9'
Hymn on a Muse (1991) • vc, pf • 8'
Adieu mes amis... A la mémoire d’Amadeo Modigliani (1998) • cl, pf •
7'
Orchestra
Musica diafonica per orchestra (1982–86) 13'
Adagio per orchestra (1983) 9'
Suite on Goldberg Variations (1985–87) • orch da camera • 25',
premiere 1986 Bratislava
Corale e fuga per archi. A la mémoire de Paul Hindemith (1992) 8'
Stage Works
King Matiáš and the Shepherd.. Chamber opera for
children in two acts, text libretto composer, with added poems by Peter
Benický and Hugolín Gavlovič, German adaptation of poems by G. Hirner (1994)
• 7 personaggi, coro misto piccolo, orch da camera • 55', premiere 1996
Bratislava
Voice and Instruments
Two Odes by Ján Hollý, text Ján Hollý (1987 rev. 1994) • ms, cl, vc,
ar /ms, orch/ • 12', premiere 1988 Bratislava
Lettres de mon moulin. Trois chansons, text Alphonse Daudet (1995) •
s, cl, pf • 18'
Solo Voices, Choir and Orchestra
Elegidion, De vita et
dignitate ecclesiastica, text Jacob Jacobeus, lat. (1989) • ms, cr, orch
• 15, premiere 1992 Rome
Missa pro defunctis - requiem for solo voices, mixed choir,
children’s choir, organ and orchestra, text Missale romanum, lat. (1993) 70'
Te lucis ante terminum. Hymn (1992 rev. 1994) • s, CB, archi • 8',
premiere 1994 Bratislava
Choral Works
Symbolon mentis gratae, text Jacob Jacobeus, lat. (1987–88) • SATB •
11'
Ave Regina coelorum. Motetus, text Lat. liturgy (1994 rev. 2000) •
SATB • 9', premiere 1995 Bratislava
Awards
2000 Ján Levoslav Bella Prize for Lettres de mon moulin
Abbreviations
ar – harpe, archi – strings, cb – double bass, CB – children’s choir, cl –
clarinet, clb – bass clarinet, cr – horn, fg – bassoon, fl – flute, gui –
guitar, ms – mezzo-soprano solo, ob – oboe, orch – orchestra, org – organ,
pf – piano, s – soprano solo; SATB – mixed choir, vbf – vibraphone, vc –
cello, vl – viola, vn – violin |
