

The choir’s beginnings are linked to the Slovak Philharmonic, where it originally performed under the name Boys’ Philharmonic Choir. In 1988, the choir became independent and today is part of a private art school, where approximately 80 boys aged 7 to 28 study on average. The Bratislava Boys’ Choir has won several international choir competitions, performs across Europe, America, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan, and regularly collaborates with renowned Slovak and international orchestras and conductors. In 2022, the choir appeared at the Viva Musica! festival to mark its 40th anniversary.
“It is a great pleasure and honor for us to once again perform at the Viva Musica! festival, which brings top artists from around the world to Slovakia. After concerts in Italy, France, and Germany, we are excited to present a cheerful and – I believe – exceptional concert to the festival audience. This is the only concert of this artistic season where the Bratislava Boys’ Choir will perform with more than 60 singers! We are preparing it exclusively for the Viva Musica! festival,” said Magdaléna Rovňáková, who leads the choir together with her son, Gabriel Rovňák. The concert will take place in the garden of the national cultural monument EcoCentre (Ekocentrum) in Čunovo, a newly renovated historic manor house that now serves as a modern environmental and educational center.
Admission to the concert is symbolic, and entry will be allowed until the venue reaches its permitted capacity.
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Performers
Bratislava Boys‘ Choir
Alexander Fellmayer / solo
Tomáš Urbánek / solo
Magdaléna Rovňáková / conductor
Gabriel Rovňák / conductor
Dana Hajóssy / piano
Program
Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský (1881–1958)
And I Am a Cooper from Orava
Little Girl from Orava
Native American Folk Song
Aiza tasa alua
Folk Song
The Linden Tree Was Burning
Petr Eben (1929–2007)
Colorful World
Folk Song / arr. Ladislav Weisser
Boleráz
Folk Song / arr. Milan Novák
Dance
Folk Song / arr. Sylvie Bodorová
Around the Mill
Zdeněk Kaňák (1910–1991)
The Sun
Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Rehearsal for the Concert
Arthur Edwin Hall (1901–1978)
My Evaline
The Beatles
When I am 64
African-American Spirituals
Little David
Gwine to Ride Up in the Chariot
Soon Ah Will Be Done
Teodor Šebo-Martinský (1911–1980)
Today I Have My First Date
Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942)
No One Ever Has Anything
Sylvie Bodorová (*1954)
Motoris, motoris
Cind‘om me pindrale
(from the cycle Ja Ra Laj)
Viliam Gräffinger (*1980)
Macejko
Eugen Suchoň (1908–1993)
How Beautiful You Are to Me
Foto © Vlado Škuta
We reserve the right to change the programme and performers.