Education 2024

Year: 
48th Guitar Festival of J. K. Mertz
Date: 
Saturday, 22 June, 2024 - 09:00 to Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 - 17:00
Place: 
Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1, Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava

MASTERCLASSES

Place: Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1, Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava

SCHEDULE

June 22 - 26, 2024

PRESENTATION / REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS - always 30 minutes before the start of the masterclasses
Outside these times it will not be possible to present or register. Without registration/presentation will not be allowed to enter the event. 
 
June 22, 2024 - Ricardo GALLÉN (Spain)
Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava
 
9:00 - 9:30 am - presentation / registration of participants
9:30 - 12:30 am - masterclasses, 4 lessons
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1:00 - 1:30 pm - presentation / registration of participants
1:30 - 4:30 pm - masterclasses, 4 lessons
 
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June 24, 2024 - Borbála SERES (Hungary)
Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava
 
9:00 - 9:30 am - presentation / registration of participants
9:30 - 12:30 am - masterclasses, 4 lessons
 
June 24, 2024 - Ozren MUTAK (Czechia / Croatia)
Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1​, Bratislava
 
12:30 am - 1:00 pm - presentation / registration of participants
1:00 - 3:40 pm - masterclasses, 4 lessons
 
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June 25, 2024 - Marek NOSAL (Poland)
Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava
 
9:00 - 9:30 am - presentation / registration of participants
9:30 - 12:30 am - masterclasses, 4 lessons
 
June 25, 2024 - Ozren MUTAK (Czechia / Croatia)
Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1​, Bratislava
 
8:30 - 9:00 am - presentation / registration of participants
9:00 - 12:30 am - masterclasses, 5 lessons
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1:00 - 1:30 am - presentation / registration of participants
1:30 - 3:40 am - masterclasses, 3 lessons
 
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June 26, 2024 - Francisco LUÍS (Portugal)
Albrecht House, Kapitulská Street 1, Bratislava
CHANGE
10:45 am - 1:00 pm - masterclasses, 3 lessons
1:30 - 3:00 pm - masterclasses, 2 lessons
 
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REGISTRATION FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IS CLOSED.

PASSIVE PARTICIPATION IS STILL POSSIBLE - if you are interested, just arrive at the times reserved for the presentation / registration of participants and pay the fee for passive participation in educational activities - master classes, lectures, presentations (20€ for all days / 10€ for one day) in cash on the spot.

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LECTURES

Place: Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1, Bratislava
(In the framework of innovative education of teachers of Slovak primary music schools)
 

June 23, 2024

8:30 - 9:30 am - presentation / registration of participants
  • 9:30 am Back to Basics: the Alexander Technique - mindful, effective and healthy playing - Adam SVITAČ (Slovakia) (in Slovak)
  • 2:00 pm The role of mental training in effective preparation for performance - Borbála SERES (Hungary) (in English / Hungarian)
  • 4:00 pm Player physiology, ways to reduce muscle tension and overload - Eva MAREKOVÁ (Slovakia) (in Slovak)

June 24, 2024

8:30 - 9:00 am - presentation / registration of participants

  • 9:00 am Methodological procedures in the field of guitar playing technique and application of expressive means in the teaching process - Ozren MUTAK (Czechia/Croatia) (in Czech)

June 25, 2024

8:30 - 9:00 am - presentation / registration of participants

  • 9:00 am The impact of experiencing of music on the body (Me and my stage fright...) - Zoltán SÝKORA (Slovakia) (in Slovak)
  • 1:30 pm Guitar works of Polish composers - Marek NOSAL (Poland) (in Polish / English)
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PRESENTATIONS AND SALES EXHIBITIONS

Place: Július Kowalski Primary Art School, Židovská Street 1, Bratislava

June 23 - 25, 2024

LOPATIČ GUITARS - master guitars (Slovenia)

MUSIC MANIA - Music instruments and accessories

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PARTICIPATION FEES

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
30 € - guaranteed 1 individual lesson of approx. 40 minutes
40 € - guaranteed 2 individual lessonS of approx. 40 minutes
50 € - guaranteed 3 individual lesson of approx. 40 minutes
 
The fees include passive participation in all festival educational events. Participation in pedagogical lectures is allowed without the right to obtain a certificate of innovative education. 
Participation fees do not include accommodation, meals and admission to festival concerts.
PASSIVE PARTICIPATION

20 €

The fee includes passive participation in all festival educational events.
10 €
The fee includes passive participation in all festival side events on the selected 1 DAY.
Participation fees do not include accommodation, meals and admission to festival concerts.
 
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Educational activities are taking place in cooperation with the Július Kowalski Primary music school and Albrechtorum, o.z.

 

Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council - the main partner of the festival. 

The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

International partners of the event are Municipal Centre of Culture Tychy (Poland), Via musica ad beatum z.s. (Czech Republic) and Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music Budapest (Hungary).

  

The event is supported by the City of Bratislava, Embassy of Spain in Slovakia, Embassy of Brazil in Slovakia, Music Fund Slovakia, SOZA Social and Cultural Fund, Polish Institute Bratislava, Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava and other partners.