Culture List_of_Slovaks

1 culture

1.1 literature
1.2 music

1.2.1 classical

1.2.1.1 composers
1.2.1.2 conductors
1.2.1.3 instrumentalists
1.2.1.4 opera singers


1.2.2 jazz
1.2.3 popular music (20th century)


1.3 fine arts

1.3.1 painters, graphic artists
1.3.2 sculptors
1.3.3 photographers


1.4 architects
1.5 film , theatre

1.5.1 actors
1.5.2 filmmakers

culture
literature

see list of slovak prose , drama authors.
see list of slovak poets.

music
classical
composers

for longer list, see separate article.


alexander albrecht (1885–1958) – composer, conductor, teacher
ján levoslav bella (1843–1936) – composer, author of first slovak opera kováč wieland
juraj beneš (1940–2004) – composer
ján cikker (1911–1989) – composer, teacher
ernő dohnányi -aka ernst von dohnányi (july 27, 1877 – february 9, 1960) hungarian conductor, composer, , pianist.
viliam figuš-bystrý (1875–1937) – composer, teacher
tibor frešo (1918–1987) – composer, conductor
vladimír godár (1956) – composer
frico kafenda (1883–1963) – composer, teacher, pianist, conductor
dezider kardoš (1914–1991) – composer, teacher
ladislav kupkovič (1936) – composer, conductor
peter machajdik (1961) – composer, organizer
ján móry (johann mory) (1892–1978) – composer
alexander moyzes (1906–1984) – composer
mikuláš schneider-trnavský (1881–1958) – composer
eugen suchoň (1908–1993) – important slovak composer, author of first slovak national opera krútňava , teacher
iris szeghy (1956) – woman composer

conductors

peter breiner (1957) – conductor, composer, pianist
ondrej lenárd (1942) – conductor
Ľudovít rajter (1906–2000) – conductor, teacher, composer
bystrík režucha (1935) – conductor
ladislav slovák (1919–1999) – conductor

instrumentalists

peter michalica (1945) – violinist
marcel buntaj (1974) – drummer, pianist, composer

opera singers

peter dvorský (1951) – tenor
edita gruberová (1946–) – soprano
jozef kundlák (1956–) – tenor
lucia popp (1939–1993) – soprano
luba orgonasova (1961–) – soprano

jazz

peter lipa (1943) – important current jazz singer, composer
laco deczi (1938) – jazz musician, trumpet player, composer
martin valihora (1976) – jazz musician, drummer

popular music (20th century)

Ľubomír burgr – musician, composer, vocalist
jaroslav filip (1949–2000) – musician, composer, vocalist, actor, playwright
marika gombitová (1956) – singer, composer, musician since second half of 1970s
dave grohl (1969) – drummer of nirvana, singer of foo fighters
pavol hammel (1948) – singer, composer, musician (reached height 1970s , 1980s)
jana kirschner – musician, composer, vocalist
ján lehotský (1947) – composer, musician, singer of modus (a band having reached height in late 1970s)
peter lipa – musician, composer, vocalist, scatman, jazzman, co-organiser of bjd (bratislava jazz days) festival
laco lučenič (1952) – musician, producer, member of modus
richard müller (1961) – best-known current slovak pop-rock singer
vašo patejdl (1954) – important slovak pop composer in 1980s , 1990s, singer, musician
jozef ráž (1954) – current singer of elán (a band having reached height in 1980s)
dežo ursiny (1947–1995) – composer, rock singer, musician in 1960s , 1970s
marián varga (1947–2017) – rock composer, musician in 1960s , 1970s
miroslav Žbirka (1952) – singer, composer 1970s 1990s

fine arts
painters, graphic artists

janko alexy (1894–1970) – painter
blažej baláž (1958) – painter, graphic artist
mária balážová (1956) – painter, graphic artist
miloš alexander bazovský (1899–1968) – painter, graphic artist
martin benka (1888–1971) – painter, illustrator
albín brunovský (1935–1997) – graphic artist, painter, illustrator
lajos csordák (1864–1937) – painter
Ľudovít fulla (1902–1980) – painter, graphic artist, illustrator
mikuláš galanda (1895–1938) – painter, graphic artist, illustrator
ian hornak (1944–2002) – draughtsman, painter, printmaker
július jakoby (1903–1985) – painter
ján kupecký (johann kupecky) (1667–1740) – painter
anton lehmden (1929) – austrian painter; born in slovakia
palo macho (1965) – painter
jozef teodor mousson (1887–1946) – painter
koloman sokol (1902–2003) – painter
karl sovanka (1883–1961) – painter, sculptor
martin vargic – graphic artist, illustrator
rudolf rabatin (1954) – painter
andy warhol
katarína hládeková (1984) artist

sculptors

fraňo Štefunko (1903–1974) – sculptor

photographers

dezo hoffmann (1912–1986) – photoreporter , photographer
tono stano (1960) – photographer; photograph sense inspired poster film showgirls.

architects


bohuslav fuchs (1895–1972) – architect; czech active in slovakia
dušan jurkovič (1868–1947) – architect

film , theatre
actors

andrej bagar (1900–1966) – actor, director
barbora bobuľová (1974) – actress
milan kňažko (1945) – actor, former slovak deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, , minister of culture
jozef kroner (1924–1998) – actor, starred in first czechoslovak, czech , slovak film awarded oscar: shop on main street (obchod na korze, 1965)
juraj kukura (1947) – well-known slovak actor (theater, film), has been working in germany.
barbara nedeljáková (1979) – actress, starred in hollywood horror film hostel
paul newman (1925–2008) – actor, director, entrepreneur, philanthropist, of ethnic slovak mother
emília vášáryová (1942) – actress
jon voight (1938) – american actor slovak ancestry
karol l. zachar (1918–2003) – actor, director
tomáš raček (1947) – slovak actor (theater, film, tv), has been working in canada.
michael stroka (1938–1997) – tv actor.

filmmakers

paľo bielik (1910–1983) – director, actor
dušan hanák (1938) – director
juraj herz (1934) – slovak director , actor born in kežmarok
juraj jakubisko (1938) – director (sometimes nicknamed slovak fellini)
ján kadár (1918–1979) – director
dušan rapoš (1953) – slovak director
ivan reitman (1946) – prominent film director , producer born in slovakia
martin Šulík (1963) – director
pavol barabáš (1959) – documentarist, noted filming people living in extreme conditions




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