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Konvergencie 2016: between Shostakovich and Floyd
The music festival Konvergencie, is known for some of the finest selections of chamber music on one hand, while also presenting cross-over concerts and performances.
Foreigners: Events in Bratislava
Tips for performances and other events in the capital between September 9 and 18, including a number of festivals and markets.
Foreigners: Events around Slovakia
Tips for performances and other events in the Slovak regions between September 9 and 18, including music, a pottery festival, an organ recital, an adventure film fest, exhibitions and more.
Slovak ethno music merges with foreign
The calendar of music festivals in the Slovak capital has been enhanced with a new addition, called The World Music Festival.
Sixty years of visual art in a nutshell
Each year, some parts of Italian art come to Slovakia within the Dolce vitaj festival; this time, Viva Italia! presents 60 years of modern art.
Gracefulness of mortuaries restored and shown
Mortuaries, or relics connected with the deceased, need not be necessarily morbid or dark – they can be very decorative and bear a lot of information, as an exhibition of SNM shows.
European stars on “the Blue Danube”
Among the impressive environment on a Danube island near Bratislava, an exhibition suggests an answer to what Joan Miró and the CoBra artistic movement have in common.
Festival hailing music “comes out”, opens presidency
The festival Viva Musica promises several changes in its 12 th year expansion, a host of outdoor concerts for everyone – and also the opening concert of the Slovak presidency of the Council of EU.
Experimental opera, Baroque and exotic dance enliven SND
Bratislava theatre-goers, both locals and visitors, get a chance each year to get a taste of other productions and enhance their connoisseurship.
EU presidency and novelties mark the cultural summer in Bratislava
The summer cultural festival in the capital expands in its 41st year which is also marked by Slovak presidency of the EU Council.
Festival hails Slovak presidency, Italian anniversary
THE ESSENCE of Italy will flood the streets of Bratislava – and some other cities of Slovakia – again this year: the Dolce Vitaj festival has become a regular part of the country’s cultural, social and also business life in June.
Chief conductor bids farewell to Slovak Philharmonic
This relationship began before I took the position, and it will continue afterwards, says Slovak Philharmonic (SF) Chief Conductor Emmanuel Villaume, who is leaving after seven years.
Less classical classics in SND
FIDELIO, the only opera written by Beethoven, does not belong among the “musts” of opera houses but it is an interesting part of repertories of most of them. To the Slovak National Theatre (SND), it returns after decades – and with some controversy.
Eurokontext offers all varied genres and perceptions
For the third year, but for the first time as only an operatic and dance festival, Eurokontext brings European performing art to Bratislava.
Night of Museums 2016 around Slovakia
The night of Museums also opens the doors of venues outside the capital, albeit in a more individual and less concentrated way. Apart from leaving the galleries and museums open until midnight on May 21, the event also inspires them to offer special programmes.
Who is afraid of The Unknown?
The Kunsthalle in Bratislava specialises in modern, topical, provocative exhibitions; but the current one, called Fear of the Unknown goes to an extreme in this aspect, be it intentionally, or helped by chance and timeliness.
Slovak films squeezed into one week
The second year of Week of Slovak Films promises 21 movies, in Bratislava with English subtitles, and a host of events.
Cepka’s jubilee year hailed by SNG
A SLOVAK artist with an international impact, Anton Cepka, has the biggest exhibition held so far in the national gallery, to celebrate his 80th birthday.
Febiofest offers more than film screenings
AFTER some meagre years, the Febiofest film festival has expanded in Slovakia and offered nearly 150 movies in 10 sections over six days in Bratislava.
Easter traditions: public violence, or magic of life?
Slovak Easter traditions may survive, as well as awareness of where they stem from, but not on a mass scale, says ethnologist Katarína Nádaská.
- First Slovak Holocaust museum opens Photo
- Finding a new home in Slovakia
- Fashion of communist era exhibited Photo
- Easter traditions: public violence, or magic of life? Video
- Slovak films with English subtitles
- Searching for some hidden millions: Where to find the most valuable art in Slovakia
- Foreigners: Top 10 events around Slovakia in November Video
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- News digest: Finns air unseen video of Fico shooting, PM’s bloody jacket driven away by minister
- Weekend: What to make of Easter in Slovakia
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
- Don’t be afraid to use cash, say entrepreneurs as transaction tax begins
- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Weekend: What to make of Easter in Slovakia
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- News digest: Finns air unseen video of Fico shooting, PM’s bloody jacket driven away by minister
- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
- Cockroaches and crumbling toilets greet seven-year-old battling serious virus
- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
- German shoemaker Lowa joins wave of factory closures in Slovakia
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- Danish shoemaker to shut Slovak factory, axing 650 jobs in fresh blow to struggling region
- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
- News digest: A parade too far? Fico heads to Moscow despite EU warnings Video
- A café in an ice cellar, sand dunes and a flower shop at the border
- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
- Hollywood turns Slovak highlands into high-speed playground Video
- German shoemaker Lowa joins wave of factory closures in Slovakia
- Chicken Jockey! Chicken Jockey! Chicken Jockey! Video
- Danish shoemaker to shut Slovak factory, axing 650 jobs in fresh blow to struggling region
- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- Slovakia's latest basketball star is destined for great things in the USA
- News digest: Finns air unseen video of Fico shooting, PM’s bloody jacket driven away by minister
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- He has been disciplined for delays. Now he will lead Slovakia’s top court
- Slovak startup Upfan declares war on fake tickets
- Smer MEP tells Slovaks to learn the EU’s rules – so they can break free from Brussels
- Too small to cope alone, Slovak villages are teaming up
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