Performers

Steering committee of TZD

CANTICA NOVA
The choir CANTICA NOVA was founded in 1969 by Ján Schultz. It continued the famous tradition of vocal culture of Trnava's high school where famous compositors as Mikuláš Schneider Trnavský and Zoltán Kodály studied.
The choir CANTICA NOVA attend regularly the competition of Slovak choirs „Singing Youth“ and belong to one of the best choirs of Slovakia what is confirmed by four golden medals of the competition. Nevertheless the choir has gained awards and diplomas at several festivals and exhibitions of choral singing. Cantica nova has also achieved valuable results as a representative of Slovak choral singing abroad.
The choir have performed concerts in Latvia, Belgium, Slovenia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, the USA, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland and Czech Republic.

CANTICA (Z)NOVA
The choir Cantica /Z/nova (Cantica again) was founded in 2008 by PaedDr. Gabriel Kalapoš. It consist of former members of the choir Cantica nova who gathered with joy at preparation of the concert programme and edition of a commemorative CD at 40th anniversary of foundation of Cantica nova. The target is to meet at projects at important occasions especially in Trnava. In 2008 it performed at an opening concert of the festival The choral days of Trnava, in 2009 at the above mentioned celebrations of Cantica nova and in 2010 it studied and performed a Christmas mass Missa Pastoralis of M. Sch. Trnavský.

TIRNAVIA
was founded in 1988 by PaedDr . Gabriel Kalapoš. Tirnavia confirms the rich tradition of choral singing in Trnava. The choir members are students of universities and working people, all with rich choral experience. The choir repertoire includes compositions from the Renaissance until present times, musicals and jazz. Tirnavia has recorded four CDs , cooperated with several important Slovak and international conductors (L. Svárovský, O. Rózsa, A. Popovič, B. Kostka, M. Lejava) and orchestras (Žilinský komorný orchester, Komorný orchester Opery SND, Trnavský ko¬morný orchester). Tirnavia regularly takes part at competitions of choral singing in Slovakia and abroad. Beside that it perform yearly in Austria and in Czech Republic.
Since 2003 the conductor of the choir has been Andrej Rapant.

VOX AURUMQUE
The vocal choir Vox Aurumque was founded at the end of January 2010 by its conductor Mgr. art. Hana Borbélyová with the aim to create a vocal choir for purposes of her final graduation project. In a short time the structure and dramaturgy direction of the choir was clear. The members are former choir colleagues of the conductor and singers she has met at various musical and choral occasions. In the repertoire we might find jewels from the period of Romanticism and 20th century, above all Vox Aurumque is focused on interpretation of vocal music of Renaissance.

TECHNIK AKADEMIK
The mixed choir TECHNIK AKADEMIK was founded in 2004 from the old members of the choir TECHNIK . In the 80-ties the singers represented Slovak singing school at important competitions and festivals. (First place Gorizia 1970, Cork 1973, Spital 1975, Arezzo 1978, Tours 1982, Pardubice 1982, Cantonigros 1982). Technik Akademik continued in these successes in Prague 2005, Athens 2007 and in Istanbule 2010. Between years 2005 and 2010 the choir performed unique projects „Eurocarols“ and „Eurofolklore“ of all 27 countries of the EU. The choir is also specialized on sacral composition of its conductor Pavol Procházka. (Stabat Mater, Ecce lignum crucis, Pastorále...)

BRADLAN
The choir Bradlan belong to the oldest choirs in Slovakia. In 1930 it was founded by a group of workmen of Vozovka. The first conductor was Rudolf Slováček, replaced one year later by Miroslava Jaura. The choir has had many performances home and abroad (Bulgaria, former Jugoslavia, Lituania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic), recorded in Slovak television. The name of Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, who in 1938 contributed at salvation of the choir before liquidation, is connected with the choir. He was a lifelong honorary president of the choir and dedicated more of his folk and artificial songs. Honorary members of the choir Bradlan are also the former archbishop Ján Sokol and French medallist from Trnava William Schiffer. In 2000 the general director of National edifying centre awarded a Medal of D. G. Lichard and in 2005 received Honour of the general director of NOC.

1st festival day

Friday, September 2, 2011

Youth, choirs & rock
Kamil Mikulčík from Trnava started in Cantica nova and sang also in Tirnavia. He studied at the University of Music Art and University of Economics in Bratislava. He started his career of musician and theatre actor in 2001 by his perfoming in Radošinské naivné divadlo, in the theatre of Bolek Polívka in Brno and in Túlavé divadlo of Trnava, in Nová scéna in Bratislava, in Aréna, in Divadlo v podpalubí, in Štúdio L+S. In 2009 he took part at a national round of singing competition Eurovision Song Contest together with Nela Pociskova, where they passed on to the Moscow semifinal. He is a member and co-founder of a capella group Fragile.
Mária Čírová is an ex-member of Cantica nova from a small village near Trnava, Dolné Lovčice. At a children singing competition of Peter Dvorský called Slovenský slávik she was the only one who won the first place twice. (1996, 1999) She studied piano in Trnava, later at a religious conservatory in Bratislava. Cooperation with a gospel group Trinity Group became her main priority. She performed at a concert tour with Michal David, she became a face of EMMA. She sings at many beneficent events as Úsmev ako dar. At present she is preparing her second studio CD.

Viliam Csontos studied musical acting he acted at plays as Rent, Hair, Donaha or Dirty Dancing. At the competition Elán is Elán he won and confirmed the position of a professional. He has many friends, likes travelling and still has not find the one. Before the show of Elán nobody knew who Viliam Csontos was. Only theatre fans recognized the face of the actor who studied at a prestigious JAMU in Brno and studied one year in Amerika. “I went there as one of 5 people from Slovakia. The equipment of the school was great. As a 16-year old teenage I came to school where they had their own swimming-pools, hockey stadium, planetarium, etc.

2. festival day

Satur, September 3, 2011

Choirs & Verdi
In Slovakia, opera has been played for almost three centuries. The orchestra of Slovak national theatre (SND) has 90 members, gives concerts also as chamber orchestra of SND. Nowadays it is conducted by Vladimír Harvan. The choir of SND has more than 60 permanent members and last year it performed in Macau together with an Australian orchestra from Sydney. The conductor is Pavol Procházka, who is the author of the selection of Verdi's choirs and will conduct the last concert Honour to Verdi.
The tenor László Boldizsár born in Hungarian Keszthely started in a jazz band. After university studies of music he acted a few main opera roles in Hungarian theaters, took part at Eurovision song and released his first own CD. He also had a guest performance at the opera of SND in Bratislava.
The soprano Karina Skrzeszewska was born in Polish Wrocla¬w, studied at the academy of Karol Lipiňinský and since her début at the Opera of Wroclaw performed almost in each European country and Argentina. In her repertoire there are works of world-known compositors. In cooperation with Slovak philharmonic and the director R. Štúr she has recorded a CD of aria's selection.
The mezzo-soprano Jolana Fogašová studied singing at the University of Music Art in Bratislava, cooperated with many important conductors and orchestras in the whole world. In her repertoire she is specialized on melodramatic roles. She is a permanent guest of the Opera of SND in Bratislava. The bass Richard Novák finished the conservatory in Brno and he is a winner of many singing competitions with an engagement in Janáčkova Opera in Brno. He performed as guest in many European countries, also in Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He has cooperated with Czech Philharmonic for a long time. His interpretation of Requiem of Verdi is especially known.

The conductor Pavol Procházka studied conducting at the University of Music Art in Bratislava. Since 1975 he directed the choirs Lúčnica, Technik, Nitria and Kysuca. During this period he has gained many awards at home and abroad. From his professional life, we have to mention his art direction of SĽUK, his position of the main conductor and art director of Slovak philharmonic choir, Slovak chamber choir. Nowadays he works as a conductor of the Opera choir of SND in Bratislava. Pavel Procházka has had many concerts and recordings on the radio and television in countries of the whole Europe, South Korea, China, Morocco and Brazil.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
(* 10 October 1813, Le Roncole – † 27 January 1901, Milan)
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture – such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata and the "Grand March" from Aida. His work has sometimes been criticized for using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom and for being essentially melodrama during his early years.[1] He was an atheist.[2]
Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition

Mikuláš Schneider – Trnavský
(* 24. máj 1881, Trnava – † 28. máj 1958, Bratislava)
In 1900, he passed his maturita exam in Trnava. From 1900 to 1901, he studied composition at the Budapestian conservatory with Hans von Koessler. From 1901 to 1903, he studied at the conservatory in Vienna with Hermann Graedener. Finally, from 1903 to 1905, he studied organ playing in Prague with Josef Klička and composition with Carl Stecker. After his studies, he became regenschori in Zrenjanin, Serbia. In 1908, he performed together with Czech barytonist Bohumír Nepomucký on the concert tour through Europe. After returning to Trnava, in 1909, he became regenschori at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Trnava and remained at this post until his death.
His most known achievement is a compilation of catholic songs Jednotný katolícky spevník (Standard Catholic hymnbook) created on demand by Spolok svätého Vojtecha (St. Vojtech Society). It was published in 1937 after about fifteen years of work and contains over 500 songs, nearly half of them auctorial. Some of the songs were taken from the first Slovak Catholic hymnbook Cantus catholici (1651 or 1655). Since its publication, this hymnbook has been used as the main source of the church songs by all Slovak Catholics. For this work, he was named the Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius X in 1933.

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