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Czech book of V4 drama is ready
THE CZECH volume of the V4 drama series “Visegrad Drama” is just about set to be released in Prague.
Pursuing V4 goals allegro
MAKING long distance relationships work can be a difficult task. Now imagine there are four participants instead of just two and each hails from a different country. The Visegrad Cello Quartet, a Slovak-Czech-Polish-Hungarian ensemble of cellists has shown that such a relationship can work. The quartet regularly sells out wherever they perform at concert halls around central Europe.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava CONCERT:“I AM like wine; it’s taken a while, but my reserve is quite popular right now” is how Anastacia, the 40-year-old American singer, characterises herself. On September 5, her fans can “taste” her latest production, as the writer of chart-topping hits such as Paid My Dues, One Day in Your Life and Cowboys & Kisses is heading to Bratislava for the second time in her career as part of her current European tour. Anastacia will present songs from her latest album, Heavy Rotation, as well as her best-known singles. The concert starts at 19:00 at the Sibamac Arena at Príkopova 6 and admission is between €30 and €69. More information can be found at 02/4446-0570 or www.212.sk
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FOR THE first time ever, Slovakia will have the honour of hosting Leonard Cohen, famous Canadian singer-songwriter and poet. The 74-year-old charismatic artist, who will arrive in Bratislava on August 28 within his current world tour, entered the music scene almost 50 years ago and soon became one of the most influential musicians both in Canada across the world. His songs often deal with complex and thought-provoking topics such as power, religion, sex and spirituality. Cohen’s appearance is even more unique because he returned to a live stage only in 2008, after a 15 year absence. The concert will be held at the Incheba Expo Arena at Viedenská cesta 3-7, starting at 20:00. Tickets cost between €50 and €70. For more information, visit www.vivien.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIABratislava EXHIBITION: MAN – both as an individual and as a part of a community – is the focus of a new photographic exhibition being held in Bratislava. The photographers, eleven members of the Friends of Photography Club of the Central European House of Photography, have different approaches but the same goal, namely to hold a mirror up to ourselves. Though the motifs are varied, they are mostly inspired by mundane, everyday situations, or simply “a moment”. Man in Focus is on show at U Červeného Raka (At the Red Crayfish) City Library Summer Reading Room at Michalská 26 daily between 9:00 and 19:00 until September 9. Admission is free. More information can be found at www.sedf-klub.sk. Bratislava PARTY: Celebration Bratislava – Carl Cox, the world-renowned British DJ, gives a three-hour house and techno music marathon. Starts: August 20, 20:00. Admission: €20 - €50. Sibamac Arena (National Tennis Centre), Príkopova 6. Tel: 0903/600-911, www.celebration.sk.
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PAINTINGS and graphics by Ludwik Wincenty Gadomski, a Polish artist living in Serbia, are on show at SNP Square 27 in Bratislava until August 24. The artist, who gained distinction in the 1990s as a caricaturist and illustrator for satirical journals, is a co-founder of Naša Borba and Danas, two periodicals that sharply criticised Serbia’s Milošević regime. Today, he has returned to traditional oil painting on canvas, but he also uses drawer bottoms, handkerchiefs, match boxes and flour bags as his surfaces. The display is available for free Monday through Thursday between 10:00 and 17:00 and on Fridays between 9:00 and 15:00. For more information, call 02/5443-2013 or go to www.polinst.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIABratislava EXHIBITION:CLOTHING and Accessories is the title of a new exhibition prepared by the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava and the Museum of Glass and Jewelry in Jablonec nad Nisou. Until September 7, visitors will have the opportunity to admire unconventional clothing and original jewellery designs by 29 noted Czech fashion designers, 15 groups of artists working in different fashion ateliers as well as by students of 15 academies of arts. The display, marking the end of the Czech presidency of the European Union, is available at the Podhradie Exhibition Hall at Žižkova 18 daily, except Tuesdays, from 10:00 to 17:00. Admission is €2.50. For more information, call 02/5934-9111 or go to www.snm.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava EXHIBITION:GALLERIES, cultural centres and even public spaces in Bratislava are hosting one of the most extensive exhibition projects in Slovakia through August 23. Sculpture and Object, now in its 14th edition, involves as many as 70 artists from 18 countries. The displays, both individual and collective, are arranged according to different thematic criteria. However, they all share a common framework established by prominent Slovak artist Viktor Hulík - removing barriers between the works of art and the audience. Most of the exhibitions are in public areas or are otherwise free of charge. More information can be found at awww.sao.galeria-z.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Trenčín FESITVAL: TENS of thousands of people will soon converge on Trenčín to take part in Slovakia’s best-known and most popular music event, Bažant Pohoda Festival. From July 16 to 18, musicians, DJs, dancers and other artists from all over the globe will be performing live at numerous open-air stages with American singer Patti Smith and Scottish band Travis being among the highlights. Apart from the concerts, so varied that they will include even classical music performances, various film screenings, workshops and discussions are available. The festival will be held at the Trenčín Airport. One-day tickets cost €55 and a festival pass is €65. More information can be found at www.pohodafestival.sk.
Silver lining at Art Film
THE SEVENTEEN-year-old Art Film Fest this year acted its age. Like a true teenager it at first frowned on its visitors, sending rain and eleven thunderstorms in eight days down on them, but in the end it made up for the outbursts by putting on its most successful event so far.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava EXHIBITION:TO SYMBOLICALLY celebrate one hundred years since the Futurist Manifesto was first published in Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava have prepared a comprehensive display of works by famous Italian artists such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Luigi Russolo, Gino Severini, Mario Sironi and Fortunato Depero. Their fantastic visions glorifying speed, violence and technological progress, collected under the title Carte futuriste and presented within the second edition of the Dolce Vitaj festival, are available for €3.32, daily except Mondays from 10:00 to 17:30, until July 26. For more information, call 02/5443-2081 or go to www.sng.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava EXHIBITION: MAJOLICA Masters Today is the title of an exhibition presenting works by 22 contemporary Slovak artists being held in Bratislava until September 12. Jugs, pitchers, vases, tiles or little figures collected by ethnologist Eva Ševčíková illustrate the exceptional ability of the authors to combine traditional forms with modern motifs and vice versa. Majolica Masters Today is available for free at the ÚĽUV Gallery at Obchodná 64 from Tuesday to Friday between 12:00 and 18:00 and on Saturday between 10:00 and 14:00. More information can be found at www.uluv.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIABratislava CONCERT:SOUL MUSIC fans in Slovakia will have a unique opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the famous British band Simply Red on June 28, as the group is heading to Bratislava within their Greatest Hits World Tour. This series of performances, expected to be attended by around a million people, will probably be Simply Red’s final one, since the band’s leader, Mick Hucknall, has recently announced he plans to launch a solo project. The concert will be held at the Sibamac Arena (National Tennis Centre) at Príkopova 6, starting at 20:00. Admission is between €43 and €66. For more information, visit www.streetproduction.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava OPERA: LISTENING TO beautiful opera arias and watching stars in the sky will be possible on June 16 and 17 in Bratislava, as top singers from Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic will perform Aida, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, at the Sibamac Arena at Príkopova 6. The open-air opera, which will have its local premiere, speaks to the viewers not only through the artists’ ringing voices, but also thanks to flamboyant costumes and excellent fire effects. Admission is between €33 and €66 and both performances start at 20:00. More information can be found at www.megakoncert.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava FESTIVAL: NEAREST neighbours are closest relatives. This is the motto of the third Puppet Theatre Festival to be held from June 10 to 14 in Bratislava. Ensembles from Slovakia as well as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Ukraine and Italy will perform a series of charming plays taking both children and adults to the fantasy world of princesses, dwarfs and knights. The Sicilian marionette show by the Figli d’Arte Cuticchio Association from Palermo that is to open the festival is a highlight. All performances will take place at the Bratislava Puppet Theatre at Dunajská 36. For more information about dates, times and ticket prices, call 02/5263-4738 or visit www.babkovedivadlo.sk.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava MUSIC: HAYDN and his contemporaries are the focus of this year’s edition of the Early Music Days, which are being held at different concert halls in Bratislava. Until June 12, classical music lovers will have the opportunity of listening to famous melodies by noted 18th century composers, performed mostly by Slovak, Czech, Hungarian and Austrian soloists and orchestras. The highlight is a concert by the Hungarian Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra that will take place at St. Martin’s Cathedral on June 5, at 20:00. Tickets cost between €3 and €6. Find more information about other dates, venues at www.earlymusicba.org.
Art lights Košice streets (video included)
IN KOŠICE, contemplating a piece of art at three in the morning has now become possible even for those who have not honed their lock-picking skills. The reason is that the city, holder of the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) 2013 title, recently launched a project entitled Citylight Gallery, which aims to make art a part of people’s everyday lives. Its first exhibition was presented to the public for two weeks during May.
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Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava EXHIBITION: THE PICTURESQUE region of Punjab in the north of India can be admired in paintings, drawings and photographs by Max Kandhola, a renowned British artist with Sikh roots, who has brought his new exhibition Flatland: A Landscape of Punjab to Bratislava. Visitors are invited to follow his “tracing family history through an odyssey of ancestral narratives which explore Diaspora and identity,” as stated in the book with the same title published in 2007. The exhibition, organised on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India Club in Slovakia, is available at the Central European House of Photography (Prepoštská 4) Tuesday through Sunday from 13:00 to 18:00 until June 6. For more information, see www.sedf.sk.
Muses go under one roof
IF THERE is a cousin of the Phantom of the Opera living in the underground world of the Slovak National Theatre (SND) he will have to limit himself to just one-half of the space, at least for the next two years. The reason is that the theatre’s historical building situated in Hviezdoslavovo Square in Bratislava will be housing, in addition to the SND, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (SF) whose own premises will be undergoing restoration until 2011.
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