MAREK PIAČEK
(born 1972) is a Slovak composer and lecturer. A co-founder of the Požoň Sentimental ensemble, he has composed operas, symphonic and chamber works, and music for theatre and dance productions and films. He also applies himself to electronic, electro-acoustic and improvised music. Piaček’s music has been featured in many concerts and festivals at home and abroad, and on more than 40 CDs, DVDs, and LPs. He leads music workshops and is the author of several theoretical papers and books, including Music as a Theatre, Music as an Enowning, and Music as an Act. He has developed many radio programs using his professional and artistic skills. Presently he is active as a music and video producer at the Slovak Philharmonic and teaches at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In his music Piaček exploits elements of every-day life and culture, allusions to pop-music, he re-creates (re-composes) music all around us, music of the past… The inspirational sources of his artistic ideas include the philosophy of syncriticizm and the theoretical concept of the reception-aesthetics of music.
Jana Gubková Černá
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Ana Vyparinová Krsmanovič
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