Cultural Directory of Slovakia - Other

Why am I Happy to Be in the World is a national anti-drug visual art project with international participation.

Anton Bernolák (born 3 October 1762 in Slanica, died 15 January 1813 in Nové Zámky) was a Catholic priest and founder of standard Slovak. He studied in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava), Trnava and Vienna, and in 1787 was consecrated as a priest.

Ľudovít Štúr (1815-1856) was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century and the author of the Slovak language standard which gave rise to the contemporary Slovak literary language.

The Szőttes Folkloric Ensemble is the representative ensemble of the Hungarian folk culture in Slovakia. Its members are amateur dancers who are interested in Hungarian folk culture and are willing to spend most of their free-time preparing and performing their shows.

The Office of the Government of the SR is a central state administration body of the Slovak Republic, responsible for supervising the fulfilment of state administration duties and for the management of funds allocated for their fulfilment as well as for the administration and handling of petitions, announcements and proposals.

Piano virtuoso, composer and teacher Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was born in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava). He received his earliest musical training from his father, and later studied under Mozart and the foremost Viennese musicians of the time. As a child he made a grand concert tour of Europe which lasted for almost five years.

Established in 2004, aktivnagruppa is a free gathering of young dramatists, performers, musicians and artists that purposefully alter their production to suit their current environment (festival Hodokvas 2004-Kinderreich, Powerplant Poprad, Synagog Levice, Cement Mill in Banská Bystrica...). In June 2004 (and again in September of the same year) they organised an unofficial opening of a former cement mill together with the International Centre for Community Art, turning the place into a kulturfabrik.

The 'Golden Violin' is a small professional group of excellent musicians which accompanies the Lúčnica Slovak National Folklore Ballet as well as offering independent concerts all around the world with a broad repertoire consisting of a variety of musical styles. The orchestra consists of eight members with brilliant skills and experience from abroad. The virtuosity of Golden Violin can be seen in some parts of the dance programme, where typical Slovak traditional music instruments dominate the music composition.

The Playing for you Festival is an annual festival organised by Bibiana with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. It takes the form of a survey of alternative and puppet theatres for children with international participation. Shows are organised in the courtyard of the Bibiana building every Sunday during the Summer holiday period.

Situated amid the Štiavnické vrchy Mountains, Štiavnické Bane is spread like an amphitheatre along both sides of the road from Banská Štiavnica to Levice. Today´s municipality was formed in the latter half of the 20th century through consolidation of the independent mining settlements of Piarg (made up of Siglisberg and Vindšachta) and Horná Roveň. Sigelsberg (Siglisberg) is mentioned as early as the mid 14th century as a possession of the town Banská Štiavnica when it was forcibly occupied by the castellan of Šášov Castle. The origin of Vindšachta probably dates back to the 16th century.

Hont Region Parade is a folklore festival held in Hrušov that presents old-time farming skills applied in the Hrušov fields as well skills of craftsmen from all over Slovakia and folkloric performances by Slovak and foreign performers.