Evgeni Plushenko comes with na ice show to Źilina (source: AP/TASR)
Western Slovakia
Trnava
CINEMA: André Rieu: Christmas with André – The Christmas concert from the famous musician and his Johann Strauss Orchestra with special guests, including a city tour around festive Maastricht and an interview with Charlotte Hawkins, will be broadcast in cinemas around Slovakia. Starts: Nov 25, 15:50; Cinemax Trnava Arena, Kollárova 20. Admission: €12. More info: www.cine-max.sk/andrerieu.html.
Nitra
CONCERT: Close Harmony Friends – The acappella band offers new songs, a good mood and witty hosting at an event presenting music without instruments. Starts: November 28, 19:00; Staré divadlo Karola Spišáka Theatre, Ulica 7. Pešieho pluku. More info: www.kamdomesta.sk; www.chf.sk/nitra.
Close Harmony Friends (source: TASR)
Nitra
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Gallery of Music / Galéria hudby – This cycle brings both chamber music from all periods and contemporary music to the local gallery. This time round, the Czech ensemble Societas Incognitorum will sing music by C. Monteverdi, G. P. da Palestrina, O. di Lasso, J. Knőfel, K. Harant, G. B. Alovisi, J. H. Gallus, A. Rigatti, H. L. Hassler, T. Weelkes, T. Vautor, and T. Morley. Societas Incognitorum is a vocal quintet from Brno, focused mostly on the music of the 16th and 17th century, including lesser known composers. Starts: Nov 30, 18:00; concert hall of the Regional House, Župné Square 3. Admission: €4 (€24 for the whole cycle)-€6 (€36 for the cycle). More info: www.nitrianskagaleria.sk
Central Slovakia
Banská Bystrica
OPERA: Eugen Onegin – The iconic Russian opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky has been rehearsed and conducted – in its fifth staging within the State Opera – by Igor Bulla, directed by Anna Osipenko, with stage design by Sergei Novikov, choreography by Michail Thaikasov. Cast includes Patrícia Macák Solotruková, Eva Šušková as guest, Alena Kropáčková as guest, Elena Shatokhina as guest, h. Šimon Svitok, Ľubomír Popík as guest, Michal Hýrošš, Róbert Smiščík as guest, Alena Hodálová, Oľga Hromadová and others. The opera is based on the novel in rhymes by Pushkin, citing a lot of his poems. Starts: Nov 25,18:30; State Opera, Národná 11. More info: www.stateopera.sk.
Žilina
FILM FESTIVAL: The film festival of socially engaged documentaries Jeden svet / One World has embarked on a nation-wide tour, making a stop also in Stanica Žilina-Záriečie. The leitmotif is, fences as easy solutions to difficult situations – and how to avoid them. Starts: Nov 24-26; Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, Závodská cesta 3. Admission: €2 (one movie/block)-€6/€8 (festival ticket). More info: www.stanica.sk.
Žilina
LECTURE/LIFESTYLE: Mandy den Elzen, Chloé Rutzerveld: How to Survive in the Post-digital Era – The lecture by two Dutch artists and designers focuses on food, its production and consumption, as well as on organic materials, secondary products and how to find new use for animal skin. Starts: Nov 27, 18:30; Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, Závodská cesta 3. Admission: voluntary. More info: www.stanica.sk.
Banská Bystrica
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Musical Salons in the Regions – This project brings to Banská Bystrica the famous Slovak violinist Milan Paľa and the composer Jevgenij Iršai (on piano), as well as an original instrument, the Milanolo – a five-string violin – and premieres tailor-made music composed for it. Starts: Nov 28, 19:00; Cikker Hall, SNP Square. Admission: free. More info: www.bystricoviny.sk.
Banská Bystrica
FILM FESTIVAL: Filmový festival inakosti – The film festival oriented towatds the LGBTI community offers a host of thematic movies, as well as discussions and a quiz. Starts: Nov 29-30, 17:00; Záhrada - Centre of Independent Culture (CNK) in SNP Square 16 (Beniczkého Passage). Admission: €3 (one film) / €5 (one day) - €8 (festival pass). More info: www.ffi.sk/bystrica2016.
Žilina
JAZZ: One Day Jazz Festival Autumn 2016 – The autumn edition of ODJF offers a marathon of jazz during Advent: foreign stars and musical leaders like guitarist Lee Ritenour and bass player John Patitucci – together with Danilo Perez and Brian Blade, with the Children of the Light project; Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl and his Trio - Josh Ginsburg and Greg Hutchinson; as well as jazz-metal musician Peter Tomek and Los Massakeros, and Hungarian European Mantra with Gerg Borlai. Starts: Nov 30, 19:00; City Theatre / Mestské divadlo, Horný Val 3. Admission: €25. Tickets: www.ticketportals.sk; more info: http://onedayjazz.sk.
Lee Ritenour will perform at One Day Jazz Fest (source: Courtesy of ODJF)
Žilina
CONCERT: Iva Bittová & the Mucha Quartet – Czech singer/violinist Bittová and the young Slovak Mucha Quartet will present their unique album: Béla Bartók’s Slovak Songs adapted by Slovak composer Vladimír Godár for vocal and string quartet. Starts: Dec 1, 19:00; New Synagogue, Kuzmányho 1. Admission: €10. Tickets: http://predpredaj.zoznam.sk; more info: www.kamdomesta.sk.
Iva Bittová (source: Sme )
Žilina
CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Music of Romanticism – The Slovak Sinfonietta (ŠKO) conducted by Misha Katz (Russia/France) will perform, together with pianist Alina Bercu (Romania) the works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Predohra and Franz Schubert. Starts: Dec 1, 19:00; Fatra House of Arts, Dolný Val 47. Admission: 14-€18. More info: www.skozilina.sk.
Žilina
FIGURE SKATING/SHOW: Master of Ice 2016 Evgeni Plushenko – The show presenting former world champions and top figure skaters returns to Slovakia after several years and this time, it brings not just Plushenko in person, but also Adelina Sotnikova, Tatiana Volosazhar and Maxim Trankov, Brian Joubert, Tomáš Verner and Chesnas. They will be accompanied by live music, played on the Stradivari violin by famous violinist and composer Edvin Marton, an EMI laureate. Starts: Dec 2, 18:00; Doxx Bet Arena, Športová 5. Admission: €19-€29. Tickets: http://predpredaj.zoznam.sk; more info: www.kamdomesta.sk.
Eastern Slovakia
Prešov
CONCERT/WORLD MUSIC: Andy Warhol – Igor Kucer – Igor Kucer's Emotion Group perform cover versions of the original Ruthenian folk songs recorded by the mother of Andy Warhol, Júlia Zavacká Warhola – and sent home. The project offers re-arranged versions of authentic recordings in word music style. Starts: Nov 26, 20:00; Bizarre Music Café, Prostějovksá 37/A. More info: www.kamdomesta.sk.
Košice
OPERA/PUPPET THEATRE: Gioacchino Rossini – Cinderella – The operatic fairy tale is a joint project by the State Theatre of Košice and the Puppet Theatre of Košice, offering a new version of the widely known story. The conductor is Igor Dohovič, singers are Marián Lukáč, Michaela Várady, Andrea Nemcová, Gabriela Hübnerová, Anton Baculík, Marek Gurbaľ, Martin Kovács, and the orchestra and choir of SDKE. Starts: Nov 27, 16:00; State Theatre Košice, Hlavná 58. Admission: €2 - €4. More info: www.sdke.sk.
Košice
CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Presentation of Young Slovak Organists brings, among other events, a concert with Štefan Iľaš on organ and Jonas Stark on piano performing the works of Bach, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, P. Eben, S. Karg-Elert, J. Laukvik, C. Franck and F. Peeters. Starts: Nov 28, 18:00; ŠfK House of Arts, Moyzesova 66. Admission: €1.50-€3. Tickets: vstupenky@sfk.sk, www.navstevnik.sk; tel: 055/2453-123; www.sfk.sk.
Košice
CONCERT: Orange Music Live: Skye & Ross from Morcheeba – This is a project presenting the two founding members of the British band, Skye Edwards (vocals) and Ross Godfrey (guitars) performing Morcheeba's music which combines trip-hop, folk and pop. Starts: Nov 28, 19:30; Tabačka KulturFabrik, Gorkého 2. Admission: €14. Tickets: www.ticketportal.sk; more info: www.tabacka.sk.
Košice
WORLD MUSIC: East Wing Group – The Hungarian ensemble strives to perform world music with a Hungarian “touch”, making it a specific, unique genre. Starts: Nov 30, 19:00; GES Club, L. Novomeského 13. Admission: €5. More info: www.ges.sk.
Košice
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Pearls of Romanticism – The Slovak State Philharmonic Košice (ŠfK) conducted by Zbyněk Müller and with Noe Inui on violin perform the works of J. Brahms and C. Franck. Starts: Dec 1, 9:30 (public rehearsal), 19:00; House of Arts, Moyzesova 66. Admission: 5-8. Tickets: vstupenky@sfk.sk; tel: 055/2453-123 (or www.navstevnik.sk); more info www.sfk.sk.
Košice
PHOTO EXHIBITION: Nova po Nove / Nova after Nova – The Photo-club Nova Košice organises a retrospect exhibition showing its 40 years of activities, with the works of 30 past and present members exhibited and confronting various styles, art trends and creative eras. Open: 8:00-18:00 on weekdays until December 31; Foto-galéria NOVA, Verejná knižnica Jána Bocatia, Hlavná 48. Admission: free. Tel: 055/6223-291; www.fotoklubnova.sk.
