Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (, abbr. VÅ MU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.

The university consists of three faculties:

• Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management)
• Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory)
• Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))

Notable alumni

• Adriana Kučerová, soprano
• Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture
• Alexander Moyzes, composer
• Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist
• Ján Cikker, composer
• Jolana FogaÅ¡ová, soprano
• Ľudovít Rajter, composer
• Frico Kafenda, composer
• Ivan HruÅ¡ovský, composer
• Peter Zagar, composer
• Vladimír Godár, composer
• Peter Breiner, composer, conductor
• Marek Piaček, composer
• ĽuboÅ¡ Bernáth, composer
• Ladislav Slovák, conductor
• Marián Lejava, composer, conductor
• Pavol Gábor, tenor
• Å tefan Hoza, tenor
• Bohdan Warchal, violinist
• Miroslav Dvorský, tenor
• Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker
• Juraj Nvota, theatre and film director
• Martin Å ulík, film director
• Emília Vášáryová, actress
• Tatiana Pauhofová, actress
• Martin Kollar, photographer
• Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist
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• Lucia Popp, soprano
• Edita Gruberová, soprano
• Božidara Turzonovová, actress

References

External links

• General Information
• Music and dance faculty