Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

• Name — Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava • Native Name — Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave (VŠMU) • Established — 1949 • City — Bratislava • Country — Slovakia Slovakia • Website — vsmu.sk The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: • Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management) • Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory) • Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))

• Adriana Kučerová, soprano • Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture • Alexander Moyzes, composer • Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist • Ján Cikker, composer • Jolana Fogašová, soprano • Ľudovít Rajter, composer • Frico Kafenda, composer • Ivan Hrušovský, composer • Peter Zagar, composer • Vladimír Godár, composer • Peter Breiner, composer, conductor • Marek Piaček, composer • Ľuboš Bernáth, composer • Ladislav Slovák, conductor • Marián Lejava, composer, conductor • Pavol Gábor, tenor • Štefan Hoza, tenor • Bohdan Warchal, violinist • Miroslav Dvorský, tenor • Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker • Juraj Nvota, theatre and film director • Martin Šulík, film director • Emília Vášáryová, actress • Tatiana Pauhofová, actress • Martin Kollar, photographer • Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist • Kristína Mravcová, actress • Lucia Popp, soprano • Edita Gruberová, soprano • Božidara Turzonovová, actress • Lucia Kašová, director