The Slovak Philharmonic was established in 1949 by eminent conductors Václav Talich and Ľudovít Rajter. Other chief conductors who have played an instrumental role in the Orchestra’s musical evolution include Tibor Frešo, Ladislav Slovák, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Verbitsky, Bystrík Režucha, Aldo Ceccato, Ondrej Lenárd, Jiří Bělohlávek, Vladimír Válek, Peter Feranec, Emmanuel Villaume, James Judd, Leoš Svárovský, Rastislav Štúr and Petr Altrichter. In addition, the Orchestra has performed under the batons of some of the world’s greatest conductors including Claudio Abbado, Sergiu Celibidache, Christoph von Dohnányi, Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Riccardo Muti, Kirill Kondrashin, Krzysztof Penderecki and Aram Khachaturian.
The Orchestra has made numerous recordings and has toured extensively throughout the world. James Judd has served as principal conductor since 2017.
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