Western SLOVAKIA
Bratislava
Ballet: SWAN Lake, the classic ballet by composer Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa, rarely disappears from the repertoire of most ballet ensembles. It is on the Slovak National Theatre’s schedule, and on January 15 at 19:00, it will offer the staging of choreographer Rafael Georgi, conducted by Martin Leginus and performed by Romina Kolodziej, Orazio di Bella, Adrian Ducin, and others. The piece can be seen in the new SND building at Pribinova 17, Bratislava. Tickets cost €10-€20 and can be bought through 02/ 2047-2299 or www.snd.sk
Bratislava
FOLKLORE: Novoročný koncert pre všetkých / New Year’s Concert for All – On a single evening, several famous and well-established folklore ensembles will perform from the Zlaté Husle / Golden Violin, Cimbalová Muzika Notečka (cimbalom music from the Czech town of Břeclav), folklore music Ekonóm, as well as soloists from Slovak village of Očová.
Starts: Jan 16, 19:00; Zrka-dlový Háj House of Culture, Rovniankova 3. Admission: €6. Tel: 02/6381-1328;
www. kzp.sk.
Bratislava
OPERA: Operný galakoncert / The Opera Gala-concert – Top soloists of the Slovak National Theatre (Adriana Ko-hútkova, Terézia Kružliaková, Ľudovít Ludha, Peter Mikuláš, Martin Malachovský and Filip Tůma), conducted by Peter Valentovič, will perform famous arias from operas and operettas, with famous pop singer Peter Cmorík making a guest appearance. One euro of each ticket will go toward helping children with cancer.
Starts: Jan 17, 19:00; Aegon Arena (NTC), Príkopova 6. Admission: €17-€25. More info: www.facebook.com/events/1452598814967648.
Bratislava
DRUMMING SESSION: Novoročná Bubnovačka Orchestra – This New Year’s drumming session includes a lecture on percussion and drumming on various instruments, and is organised by the Zvuky cez ruky / Sounds through Hands civic association and the Rytmika music school.
Starts: Jan 16, 18:30; DK Lúky, Vígľašská 1. Admission: €3. Tel: 02/6383-5404; www.kzp.sk.
Bratislava
OPERETTA: Novoročný Pozdrav zo Švajčiarska / New Year’s Greeting from Switzerland – The Metropolitný Orchester Bratislava, conducted by Swiss Kaspar Zehnder, will play operetta works that are still popular in Switzerland by Karl Komzák, Johann Strauss, Paul Burkhard, Gejza Dusík, Franz Doppler, Ernst Fischer and others.
Starts: Jan 19, 17:00; DPOH City Theatre, Laurinská 19. Admission: €12-€15. Tel: 02/ 5910-3107;
www. mestskedivadlo.sk.
Bratislava
MODERN DANCE: YouMake ReMake – This piece combining dance, body theatre and videos from YouTube is humorous, modern and thought-provoking. Choreographed by Israeli artist Renana Raz, it is performed by elledanse.
Starts: Jan 16, 20:00; elledanse theatre, Miletičova 17/ B. Admission: €4-€6. Tel: 0905 /969-105; www.elledanse.sk.
Bratislava
ORIENTAL DANCE: Tajomstvo Dúhy / The Secret of the Rainbow – This dance-theatre performance of the Mafra Divas group offers a fairy tale to attract children and adults alike. Foreign guests are Eglal (CZ), the dance group Shaharazad (CZ) and Slovaks Libuša Bachratá and Flamencas, Halka Tytykalová, the groups Caravana and Sahara, and students of the Mafra Divas studio.
Starts: Jan 19, 17:00; Zrkadlový Háj House of Culture, Rovniankova 3. Admission: €3.50-€7. Tel: 02/6381-1328; www.kzp.sk.
Bratislava
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Within the cycle Hudba Troch Storočí / Music of Three Centuries, the Slovak Philharmonic plays works by Ottorino Respighi, Richard Strauss and Haydn, conducted by Petr Altrichter and featuring soloist Vilém Veverka (CZ) on oboe.
Starts: Jan 16, 17, 19:00; Reduta, E. Suchoňa Square 1. Admission: €8-€11. Tel: 02/2047 -5233; www. filharmonia.sk.
Bratislava
LIVE MUSIC: Diabolský Šansón / The Devilish Chanson – The joint project of the Chanson Club of Jozef Bendárik and the Cigánski Diabli /Gypsy Devils Roma music band includes solos by performers Andrea Zimányiová, Sisa Sklovska, Eva Pavlíková, Viktor Horján, Štefan Skrúcaný and Zoro Laurinc.
Starts: Jan 16, 19:00; Nová Scéna theatre, Živnostenská 1. Admission: €25. Tel: 02/2048-8510; www. nova-scena.sk, www.ciganskidiabli.sk.
Bratislava
EXHIBITION: Home Sweet Home – This international exhibition of works by 10 artists (Slovaks Lucia Tallová, Ivan Csudai, Michal Černušák, Veronika Šramatyová, Ivana Oroszová, Viktor Frešo, Milan Vagač; Czechs Adam Štech and Jiří Georg Dokoupil, as well as Vienna-based Italian artist Fiorenza
Cristina) opens the new space of the SODA Gallery.
Open: Tue-Sat 13:00-19:00 until Jan 31; SODA Gallery, Školská 8. Admission: free. Tel: 0907/853-562; www.sodagallery.sk.
Bratislava
EXHIBITION: Straty a Nálezy / Lost-and-Found – This exhibition of Slovak artists Adam Šakový and Milan Vagač focuses on the phenomenon of memory, depicting the past through digitally manipulated photographs and illustrations.
Open: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 12:00-19:00 until Jan 24; Artotéka, City Library, Kapucínska 1. Admission: free. Tel: 02/5443-3244; www.mestskakniznica.sk.
Bratislava
EXHIBITION: Stanislav Harangozó – Bonjour – This exhibition of paintings by Slovak artist Harangozó is organised by the French Institute in Slovakia and the Umelecká Beseda Slovenská cultural institution.
Starts: workdays 8:00-19:00 until Jan 31; Gallery of the French Institute, Sedlárska 7. Admission: free. More info: ifb.ambafrance-sk.org.
Nitra
EXHIBITION: 2 x 4 = Nekonečno / 2 x 4 = Indefinite – This exhibition reflects the collaboration and co-existence of four artistic groupings: ALLT, with Elena Bolčeková & Peter Simoník (SK); M1+1, with Jack Hauser, Sabina Holzer, Sabine Maier and Michael Mastrototaro (AT); Miroir Noir, with Miloš Kopták (SK) & Ray Escalé (ES); and Strana Železných, with Ján Vasilko & Peter Králik (SK). The theme of the exhibition is focused on discovering new civilisations in space and mediating the existence of our own civilisation for future generations.
Open: Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00, weekends 13:00-18:00 until Feb 2; Bunker – Nitrianska galéria, Župné námestie 3. Admission: €0.50-1.50. Tel: 037/6579-641; www.nitrianskagaleria.sk.
Central SLOVAKIA
Banská Štiavnica
EXHIBITION: LAST Folio is the photo exhibition of Canadian-based Slovak photographer Yuri Dojc that explores the fragments of Jewish cultural heritage in the country of his ancestors (and some findings which are directly connected to them). Dojc’s photos revive the fates of his parents, grandparents as well as strangers, and depict desolate, abandoned synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. The exhibition has travelled through numerous countries and can now be seen, until January 28, in the Jozef Kollár Art Gallery (co-organised by the local Slovak Mining Museum) in Námestie sv. Trojice 8 in Banská Štiavnica. The gallery is open Monday through Friday between 9:00 and 16:00 and the admission fee is €1-€2. More information can be found at www.muzeumbs.sk.
Lučenec
EXHIBITION: XI Trienále Akvarelu / The 11th Triennial of Watercolour (Aquarelle) – The international competitive show of contemporary watercolour in art – a unique event in Slovakia – resulted in this exhibition, which aims to present an overview of this genre to the public.
Open: Tue-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-17:00 until Feb 2; Novohrad Museum and Gallery, Kubínyiho Square 3. Admission: €0.50-€1. Tel: 047/ 4332-502; www.nmg.sk/en.
Zvolen
EXHIBITION: Farebná Krajina / Colourful Country – This exhibition shows about 200 structures and buildings made from Legos, including a model of the Štefánik armoured train and woodcutting scenes.
Open: workdays 9:00-17:00 until Jan 31; Lesnícke a Drevárske Múzeum / Forestry Museum, SNP Square 23. Admission: €0.60-€1.Tel: 045/5321-886; www.ldm.sk.
Eastern SLOVAKIA
Košice
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Novoročný Koncert pre SAV Košice – The State Philharmonic in Košice (ŠF) plays the New Year’s Concert for the Slovak Academy of Sciences on one day and for the public over the following days, offering works by Mozart, Rossini, F.V. Kramář-Krommer and Gershwin, as conducted by Leoš Svárovský and played by ŠF and soloists Július Klein, Ferenc Tomič and Artur Jaroň.
Starts: Jan 16, 19:00; Hou-se of Arts, Moyzesova 66. Admission: €5-€7. Tel: 055/6220 -763; www.sfk.sk.
Košice
SKIING HIKE: Winter hikes on skis are organised each Wednesday and Saturday, with the usual route leading from Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok and Skalnaté Pleso lake to Tatranská Lomnica.
Starts: Jan 15, 18; 8:00; meeting point – Starý Smokovec, Villa Alica. Admission: €29 each (groups of 3-6 people). Tel: 0905/428-170 (Thursdays at the latest for Saturdays, Sundays for Wednesdays); www.tatraguide.sk (email: spolokhv@gmail.com).
Košice
EXHIBITION: Two exhibitions are presented here: the 20th anniversary of the Vojtech Löffler Museum is commemorated by the Známy a neznámy Löffler / Löffler Known and Unknown exhibition; while Matúš Lányi, a contemporary Slovak artist, shows his latest work exploring the parallel phenomena of Christian symbols and the consumption of pop culture, in an exhibition called S.C. Elementum.
Open: Tue-Sat 10:00- 18:00, Sun 13:00-17:00 until Nov 10; Vojtech Löffler Museum, Alžbetina 20. Admission: €0.50-€1. Tel: 055/6223 -073; www.lofflermuzeum.sk.
Humenné
MUSEUM/EXHIBITION: Vianoce v Múzeu / Christmas in a Museum – The 10th year of this seasonal exhibition brings a selection of Christmas postcards, a Christmas tree, works of Mikuláš Rogovský and a Nativity Scene, called Betlehem, from the museum’s depository.
Open: Mon-Fri 8:00-16:00 until Jan 30. Admission: €1-€2.50. The Vihorlat Museum, Námestie slobody 1. Tel: 057/7752-240; www.muzeumhumenne.sk.
