The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.
The university consists of three faculties: Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management) Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory) Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))
Notable alumni Adriana Kučerová, soprano"Adriana Kučerová." (Archive) Slovak National Theatre. Retrieved on 4 October 2012. "Štúdia absolvovala na j VŠMU v Bratislave[...]" Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture Alexander Moyzes, composer Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist Ján Cikker, composer Jolana Fogašová, soprano Ľudovít Rajter, composer Frico Kafenda, composer Ivan Hrušovský, composer Peter Zagar, composer Vladimír Godár, composer Peter Breiner, composer, conductor Marek Piaček, composer Ľuboš Bernáth, composer Ladislav Slovák, conductor Marián Lejava, composer, conductor Pavol Gábor, tenor Štefan Hoza, tenor Bohdan Warchal, violinist Miroslav Dvorský, tenor Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker Juraj Nvota, theatre and film director Martin Šulík, film director Emília Vášáryová, actress Tatiana Pauhofová, actress Martin Kollar, photographer"Authors 2010: Martin Kollar: Nothing Special", Getxophoto. Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist Kristína Mravcová, actress Lucia Popp, soprano Edita Gruberová, soprano Božidara Turzonovová, actress Lucia Kašová, director
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