Countrywide Events

Western SLOVAKIA

(Source: Courtesy of Matej Šálek)

Western SLOVAKIA

Bratislava
CONCERT:
CASSANDRA Wilson, the two-time Grammy laureate who started in jazz and later developed her own style, merging blues, country, soul, rock and most recently also hip-hop, returns to Bratislava after 15 years to give a concert on December 11 at 20:00 at Nová Scéna theatre at Živnostenská 1 in Bratislava. Tickets for her performance (within the City Sounds series that brings foreign music legends to the capital) cost €40-€55 and can be bought through 02/5293-3321 or www.ticketportal.sk. More information can be found at www.nova-scena.sk.

Bratislava
DESIGN:
Urban Market Winter Edition – The winter edition of the popular event offers more than 70 sellers of fashion, design, and jewels from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, concerts of start-up bands at two evening parties in KC Dunaj, workshops, snacks and drinks, and more.
Starts: Dec 13-14, 11:00 (20:00 parties); Old Market Hall (Stará tržnica), SNP Square 25. Admission: €2 (market)-€8 (market + parties). More info: www.staratrznica.sk.

Bratislava
FOLKLORE:
IMT Smile & Lúčnica – After a “trial” performance born rather accidentally last year, the successful folklore ensemble Lúčnica joins forces with none-the-less successful band IMT Smile to offer a common show combining tradition and modern perception into unified, energetic entertainment.
Starts: Dec 14-15, 19:00; Expo Aréna Incheba, Viedenská Cesta 3. Admission: €25. Tel: 02/5293-3321; www.ticketportal.sk.

Bratislava
CLASSICAL/CHRISTMAS MUSIC:
Czech Christmas Mass / česká mše vánoční – The special Christmas mass, composed in 1796 by J.J. Ryba, will be sung by an amateur choir from Dolné Bojanovice in an authentic environment of a cathedral.
Starts: Dec 14, 19:00; St. Martin’s Cathedral, Rudnayovo Square. Admission: free. More info: www.citylife.sk.

Bratislava
ETHNO MUSIC:
Ponte Pardo – The band playing flamenco, but also works of Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo and Gerardo Nunez, is giving a concert, followed by a tombola and a Latino disco.
Starts: Dec 12, 19:30; Hlava 22, Bazová 9. Admission: €10. Tel: 0911/193-382;
www.hlava22.sk.

Bratislava
CLASSICAL MUSIC:
Slovak Philharmonic (SF) gives a series of concerts, conducted by its chief conductor Emanuelle Villaume. On December 11 and 12, SF will be joined by Jerôme Pernoo on cello to perform works of Benjamin Britten, Jacques Offenbach and Robert Schumann.
Starts: Dec 11, 12, 19:00; Reduta, Eugena Suchoňa Square 1. Admission: €11. Tel: 02/5293-3321; www.ticketportal.sk; www.filharmonia.sk.

Bratislava
MODERN DANCE:
ProART – Motion Scores - Czech grouping prepared a contemporary dance project by 10 international choreographers (AT, CZ, IL, SK/F, UK, SK, D, CH/A, MAL/D) to the works of 10 Czech composers, hailing the Year of Czech Music.
Starts: Dec 13, 20:00; Elledanse theatre, T & D, Miletičova 17/B. Admission: €4-€7. Tel: 0905/969-105; www.elledanse.sk.

Bratislava
LIVE/BENEFIT CONCERT:
Doma dobre / It is Good to Be Home – The concert of Korben Dallas (SK), Lola Marsh (IST), Puding pani Elvisovej (SK) strives to collect money for operating the most accessible shelter for the homeless and to illuminate their struggles, marking also the end of the Month without a Home /Mesiac bez domova aimed at this social group. There will be a free shuttle bus from downtown Bratislava to the shelter.
Starts: Dec 13, 14:00; Vincent de Paul shelter, Ivánska cesta 32 (near the airport). Admission: voluntary. More info: www.citylife.sk.

Bratislava
CLASSICAL MUSIC:
Music of the Spirit / Hudba ducha – The festival of spiritual music spanning from choral to contemporary, from liturgical to concert forms, offers Komorná opera Bratislava (Chamber Opera Bratislava), Kapucini & Stanley and Felice groupings, as well as soloists performing the works of G. Caccini; G. Fauré; G. B. Pergolesi, and A. L. Weber.
Starts: Dec 13, 19:00; DK Lúky House of Culture, Vígľašská 1. Admission: €4-€6. Tel: 02/6383-5404; www.kzp.sk.

Bratislava
OPERA:
Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) – In a live broadcast from Metropolitan opera, James Levine conducts and Otto Schenk directs the three-act opera by Wagner.
Starts: Dec 13, 17:50; Aréna Theatre, Viedenská Cesta 10. Admission: €15. Tel: 02/6720-2550 or www.divadloarena.sk.

Bratislava
ART:
In-Art Week – The five days presenting Erasmus and other foreign students, their life abroad, their work, as well as films, concerts, lectures, performances and an exhibition, all evolving around student expat life.
Starts: Dec 10-14; 18:00-19:00; Re:Fresh Club, Ventúrska 5. More info: www.refreshclub.sk.

Bratislava
LIVE MUSIC:
Banda & Vranky – The Slovak band which managed to make it onto the international chart of ethno and world music, Banda, joined forces with the female folklore troupe Vranky from Nitra to celebrate the “witches’ days”, as the magic period around St Lucia’s Day came to be known in old Slovak traditions.
Starts: Dec 11, 19:00; DK Zrkadlový Háj House of Culture, Rovniankova 3. Admission: €10. Tel: 02/6381-1328 or www.kzp.sk.

Bratislava
LIVE MUSIC:
Juraj Griglák and his Company (Eugen Vizváry – keyboard, Martin Valihora – drums, Michal Bugala – guitar) launch the only second album of Griglák called Time to Fly. Jazzman Griglák is allegedly so busy playing live that he managed only his second album after 12 years, influenced by funk, rock and classical music.
Starts: Dec 9, 20:30; Music gallery U Dežmára, Klariská 1. More info: www.musicgallery.sk.

Bratislava
CHRISTMAS MUSIC:
Spievajúce balkóny - Singing Balconies – Christmas songs will resound from the balcony of the Primate’s Palace in downtown Bratislava, this time performed by the Danubius Octet Singers.
Starts: Dec 11, 17:30; Primate’s Palace, Primaciálne Square. Admission: free. More info: www.citylife.sk.

Bratislava
OPERA:
Vlasy alebo Mladá láska, to je raj - Hair, or Young Love That Is a Paradise - Students of the Music- and Dance Faculty of the Acasdemy of Performing Arts play, within the Fragmenty project, the work of Tomáš Surý, conducted by Dušan Štefánek and Jozef Kundlák.
Starts: Dec 8, 19:00; Divadlo LAB theatre, Svoradova 4. More info: www.htf.vsmu.sk.

Bratislava
MINORITY CULTURE:
Közért – The new centre for Hungarian culture in Slovakia – and befriended cultures – opens with Susedia-Paštune-Szomszedók, a folklore performance by Ifjú Szivék, a theatre piece (Causa Bonasus), an interview (Lucia Satinská with two historians) and a concert (Szeder band – chanson, jazz, folk).
Starts: Dec 9, 18:00; residence of Ifjú Szivék, Mostová 8. More info: facebook.com/events/883850501639973/?ref=22.

Bratislava
EXHIBITION:
Two exhibitions in the Umelka gallery of the Slovak Union of Visual Arts (SVÚ) present the works of Ján Zavarský (exhibition curated by Miroslav Daubrava is called Stage Design and Architecture) and Tri ceny / Three Awards by Mira Podmanická & Markéta Nováková; Tatiana Warenichová; Silvia Fedorová.
Open: Tue-Sun 12:00-18:00 until Dec 14; Umelka, Dostojevksého Rad 2. Admission: free. More info: www.svu.sk.

Central SLOVAKIA

Martin
CHRISTMAS SONGS:
Čas radosti, veselosti / The Time of Joy and Merriment – The Christmas concert presents tenor Ján Vaculík and soprano Martina Zaťková accompanied on piano by Mária Blesáková.
Starts: Dec 12, 19:00; Mestská scéna / Town Stage, M.R. Štefánika 54. Admission: €1-€7. More info: www.kamdomesta.sk.

Banská Bystrica
DANCE:
Christmas Concert – The Christmas presentation offers the performance of dance department of the J.L. Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica.
Starts: Dec 8, 18:00; DŠT, Komenského 12 (Na Kačici). Admission: €3. More info: www.studiotanca.sk.

Martin
EXHIBITION:
Rudolf Sikora – Foto (Ne)odhcádzanie / Photo (Not)Leaving – This year, the exhibition of one Slovak conceptual/action artist shows the review of the works of one of the most outstanding personalities, Rudolf Sikora.
Open: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 until Jan 25; Turiec Gallery, Daxnerova 2. Admission: €1-€2. Tel: 043/4224-448; www.turiecgallery.sk.

Eastern SLOVAKIA

Kežmarok
EXHIBITION:
THE U ANJELA / At the Angel gallery in Starý Trh 53 in Kežmarok presents until January 15 combining an exhibition of two Slovak painters, Martin Oscity and Peter Marček. Both express a rich, spiritual inner world and colourful imaginative creativity, each of them through slightly different means and techniques: Oscity, who lives in Munich, combines aesthetics of form, mystics and quantum mechanics; while Marček, living in Trenčín, uses a demanding, lengthy technique.

Spišská Nová Ves
CLASSICAL/CHRISTMAS MUSIC:
Christmas Concert – Alžbeta Klasová on saxophone, Júlia Grejtáková on piano, sopranos Viktória Norko – Marková and Zuzana Čurmová, tenor Titusz Tóbisz and baritone Martin Kovács will perform Christmas music in the romantic rooms of the Dardanely mansion in Markušovce.
Starts: Dec 14, 18:00; mansion in Markušovce. Admission: €5. Tel: 0917/746-339.

Košice
MUSICAL:
Na skle maľované / Painted on Glass – The popular musical by Katarzyna Gärtner and Ernest Bryll, rooted in the folklore and shared Slovak/Polish legend of bandit Juro Jánošík as its comical version, will be premiered anew in the State Theatre in Košice (SDKE), this time hosting also students of conservatory (“bandits”) as opposed to adult SDKE actors (gendarmes).
Starts: Dec 11 (10:00 public dress rehearsal), 12 (19:00); SDKE, State Theatre Košice, Small Stage / Malá scéna. Admission: €4-€12. Tel: 055/2452-269, -260; www.sdke.sk.

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