biography

The History of the Mixed Choir TECHNIK AKADEMIK, unbelievably reaching last century, is reach for the personalities as leaders as well as members active in the choir for over 50 years.

1953 – establishment of TECHNIK ensemble at Slovak technical University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Afterwards creation of three independent art bodies – folklore group, mixed choir and chamber orchestra

1956 – establishment of mixed choir Technik with its leader and conductor Mr. Vladimír Slujka. In a short time the choir established oneself as an extraordinary body with almost 80 members who has participate on every important cantorial event in the country. At the beginning the choir repertoire was based on folklore songs, which are still a very important part of choir portfolio at present.

The leaders of Technik after Mr. Slujka: Pavol Procházka,Margita Gergeľová-Paulsson, Naďa Raková, Jan Rozehnal, Kristián Seidmann, Mirka Bučeková-Matisová, Branislav Kostka

Led by all their conductors the choir improved their performance quality and the repertoire was completed with another more challenging polyphonic compositions, sacral music, folklore songs, well known jazz arrangements, the works of present composers as well as the songs of real socialism.

1957 – Slovak festival ĽUT in Stary Smokovec , High Tatras  (1. place)

1957 – Concert tour in Romania and Hungary

1959 – Choir festival in Brno, Czech Republic, the choir won in competition with well-known and high-quality level choirs (1. place)

1960 – Choir festival in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

1961 – Choir festival in Brno, Czech Republic, (1. place)

1961 – Choir festival in Prague, Czech Republic (1. place)

1961 – Choir Tour in Sweeden

1962 – Choir festival in Bratislava, Slovak Republic (1. place)

1962 – Choir Tour in United Kingdom

1964 – Choir Tour abroad

1965 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, (2. place)

1966 – Choir festival and competition in Nitra, Slovak Republic, (1. place)

1966 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, (2. place)

1967 – Choir competition “Strieborná lýra, (1. place)

1967 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, (1. place) – Absolute Winner

1967 – Choir competition in Banska Bystrica, (1. place)

1969 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, (1. place) – Absolute Winner

1969 – Choir competition in Nitra, (1. place)

1969 – Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale in Gorizia, Italy, (3. place in polyphonic, polyfónii, 1. place in folklore, the choir awarded as the most successful academic choir,

1970 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, (1. place) – Absolute Winner

1970 – Choir competition in Nitra, (1. place)

1970 – Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale in Gorizia, Italy, (2. place/mixed choir, 2 place/folklore – women’s group)

1971 – International Musical Eisteddford, Llangollen, Walles, (1. place)

1973 – International Choral and Folk Dance Festival, Cork, Ireland, (1. place)

1975 – SInternational Chorbewerb, Spittal, Austria, (1. place)

1975 – Choir Festival, Pardubice, Czech Republic

1975 – Choir festival “Zlatý veniec mesta Bratislavy”, Slovak Republic

1977 – Choir Festival in Trenčianske Teplice, Slovak Republic

1977 – Choir Festival, Martin, Slovak Republic

1978 –XXVI. Concorso polifonico internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” – Italy, (1. place)

1979 – Bezovec, North Bohemia, Pražské jaro

1979 – Europa Cantat, Luzern

1979 – Bern, Switzerland – recording for Radio Bern

1979 – XII. Choir festival, Bratislava, Slovak republic

1980 – Choir festival and competition “Bartók Béla Nemzetkősi Kórusversény”, Debrecen, Hungary (3. place)

1980 – Europese Beker voor Gemende Koren, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (1. place)

1980 – Kováčovo, Czech Republic

1981 – Choir Tour, Belgium, Czech Republic

1982 – BANK van ROESELARE EN WEST VLAANDEREN, CONCERT van SLOVAAKSE en Tsjechishe Koormuziek, Koor van der Technishe Hogeschool van Bratislava onder leiding van Pavol Prochazka, Knokke Heist, Belgium

1982 – Festival ” Pražské jaro”, Czech Republic

1982 – International choir festival “IFAS ’82, VII. Mezinárodní festival akademických sborů “, Pardubice, Czech Republic

1982 – Recontres Internationales de Chant Choral de Tours, France (1. place)

1983 – 30th Aniversary of Technik

1983 – International de Música de Contanigrós, Spain

1983 – Choir Tour, Tallin, Estonia

1984 – Jyväskylän Talvi Jyväskylä, Turku Finland

1986 – Rassegna Internazionale Universitania di Polifonia, Roma, Italy

1988 – International de Música de Contanigrós, Spain – Festival

1993 – Spittal and der Drau – 1. place after a short and intensive activity of Mr. Jan Rozehnal

2003 –Istropolis Bratislava, anniversary concert

Members of the choir are people who encounter spontaneously based on the bearing on the choir singing, with the goal to perform the classic music works in public and represent our country and culture abroad. The goal is to continuously develop the choir singing in Slovakia. Thanks to its high interpretation level the choir struggles to achieve the best results and the favour of their fans.

Discipline and exacting work bring a lot of awards, well-known name of foremost non -professional body. Great contribution was achieved by a short activity of the conductor Mr. Jan Rozehnal, who brought the choir to the triumph in Spittal an der Drau, where the choir became the winner of the prestigious word competition in 1993.
The present repertory builds conductors Juraj Jartim and Branislav Kostka.