Slovenská filharmónia

The Slovak Philharmonic was founded in 1949. Its artistic birth was supported by two prominent figures of international musical life, Václav Talich (1949 – 1952) and Ľudovít Rajter (1949 – 1976, until 1961 as its artistic director). Other chief conductors - Tibor Frešo, Ladislav Slovák, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Verbickij, Bystrík Režucha and Aldo Ceccato - participated in the artistic profiling of the orchestra.

The Slovak Philharmonic is a regular guest of important European music stages and festivals. As part of her numerous foreign tours, she performed in almost all European countries, Cyprus, Turkey, Japan, South Korea and the USA. The Slovak Philharmonic has made numerous recordings for radio, television and music publishers OPUS, Supraphon, Panton, Hungaroton, JVC Victor, RCA, Pacific Music, Naxos and Marco Polo.