Slovakia
Member since:
2000
Website
CEO
Igor Valentovič
Address
Michalská 10, 81536 Bratislava,
Slovakia
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Introduction
The mission of the Music Centre Slovakia is to support Slovak music culture by organizing festivals and concerts, promoting Slovak music culture within the country and abroad, publishing music and books on music, and documenting music life in Slovakia.
About
The Music Centre Slovakia (MCS) is a music culture organization established and funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
The history of the MCS goes back to 1969, when the „Slovkoncert“ – an artistic agency organizing music festivals and individual concerts in the field of classical and popular music – was founded.
In 1997, Slovkoncert became part of the National Music Centre, within which a newly established Publishing Department started its activities. In 1999, as part of the transformation changes in the field of music culture, the institution was transformed into the Music Centre Slovakia, whereas the Music Information Centre, which had been operating since 1964 as a part of the Slovak Music Fund, was integrated into it.
Consequently, today, the Music Centre Slovakia is an institution with Concert & Festivals Department, Music Education Department, Music Publishing Department, and Music Documentation Department.
The activities of first two departments include organizing classical music concerts, festivals, international singing competition, music education programs, workshops, masterclasses for children and youngsters, and running the National Youth Orchestra of Slovakia.
The Music Publishing Department issues sheet music, musicological and biographical publications (books, magazines) and recordings with an emphasis on Slovak performers, composers and their work.
The Music Documentation Department records information on music life in Slovakia, builds and maintains a database of Slovak performers, music ensembles, composers, musicologists, and their works. It also maps and researches historical organs in Slovakia.
Education program children, photo: Martin Babarik
Recent Publications
This is a Selection of publications of the Music Centre Slovakia
- Mark Kroll: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician’s Life and World (book, English version)
https://hc.sk/en/katalog/detail/319-johann-nepomuk-hummel-anglicka-verzia - Mikuláš Moyzes: Missa in d minor, Missa in C maior (scores for solo, choir and orchestra)
https://hc.sk/en/katalog/noty/kategorie/solo-choir-and-orchestra - Ladislav Fančovič: Bach Goes Sax (scores, arrangements for saxophones and piano)
https://hc.sk/en/katalog/detail/362-bach-goes-sax - and many more at https://hc.sk/en/katalog
Video recording from the concert of the National Youth Orchestra of Slovakia in Berlin at the Young Euro Classic Festival on August 14, 2025; Sophie Dervaux, conductor; Stanislav Masaryk, trumpet: - Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837): Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E flat major
https://youtu.be/4_Tt_c6LBcw?si=sig_pF9k2n5nGzDc - Ján Levoslav Bella (1843-1936): Concert Overture in E flat major
https://youtu.be/6iEfEqtVVgk?si=CFEuLFwoM5Sq86ea
Insights into our work
Allegretto Festival, photo: Roderik Kucavik
Scores: BaxGoesSax, Ladislav Fancovic
ProMusicaNostra Festival, photo: Anton Sladek
Book: Mark Kroll Hummel, Slovakian and English
ProMusicaNostra Festival, photo: Viktoria Papp