ENSEMBLES 2010
Pressburg Singers
The choir Pressburg Singers was established in March 2004 in Bratislava.The choir practices in the convent of the Capucin brothers and it is divided into several groups based on the age and artistic level of its members. Its repertoire consists of sacral and secular compositions of local and foreign composers of various periods. The founder and conductor of Pressburg Singers is Janka Rychlá. Pressburg Singers performed in the following events:
- in 2004 choir took part in a music festival „Milka Trnina“ in Ivanič –Grad (Croatia) and performed in Bratislava.
- In 2005 performances in Bratislava and other Slovak cities, including a concert within an international opera festival „Zvolenské hry zámocké“. The choir also performed at the International Festival of Sacral Music called „Musica angelica“ in Brandýs nad Labem (the Czech Republic), at the 8th international festival of choirs „Alta Pusteria“ (Italy) and in a famous Karlskirche in the capital of Austria.
- In 2006, beside performing in Slovakia, the choir participated in the festival Alpen-Adria-Advent in Graz (Austria) and in the international festival Musica Sacra in Bratislava (May 2006) where it obtained first place in the category of chamber choirs and second place in the category of children choirs. In 2006, the choir also performed with a famous Slovak tenor singer, Miroslav Dvorský.
- Among the choir´s top achievements in 2007 are the concerts in Luzern (Switzerland), participation at the International Festival of Choirs FSU in Jihlava (the Czech Republik), a choir festival of member states of the Visegrad Group in Warsaw (Poland, October 2007) and the concert tour in Forli and Bologna (Italy, November 2007).
- Pressburg Singers topped off its 2007 music activites with the Advent Concerts, singing with the famous opera soloists of the Slovak National Theatre, Jozef Kundlák and Peter Mikuláš.
In spring 2008 the choir cooperated with the Opera of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava on the new production of the opera by M.P.Musorgsky, Boris Godunov and by B. Martinu, The Miracle of Our Lady (autumn 2009).
