Education High school Music school in Bratislava Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava composition studies at the Prague Conservatory

-Eugen Suchoň was a Slovak music composer, teacher and theoretician - he set the basis of Slovak modern music - he is also the author of the first Slovak opera - his work was influenced by Slovak folk melodies.

Piano work for children....Pictures from Slovakia -it is made of 22 compositions arranged into six cycles....Maličká som, Keď sa vlci zišli, Preletel sokol and othersMaličká somKeď sa vlci zišli,

- this work of Eugen Suchoň is actual and classical at the same time - it is one of the most important masterpieces of Slovak music culture - He was one of the first Slovak composers who got on concert stages and opera scenes abroad -he composed about100 musical works of which the operas Krútňava and Svätopluk achieved the highest recognition

 The story of Krútňava is set in a small village in the mountains after the first world war.  It is a story of a young boy whose jealousness leads to a murder. This crime enables him to marry a girl he loves, but he is haunted by remorses which eventually makes him to admit his guilt.

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Krútňava – performed by the State Opera SND

-one of the leading representatives of the Slovak musical modernism - he significantly influenced the development of musical drama of the 20th century. - he was a Slovak music composer and teacher - he composed mainly operas

- He gained the basics of musical education from his mother Mária Psotková – 1929 High school in Banská Bystrica – 1935 Prague Conservatory in Prague – 1937 University of Music and Performig Arts in Vienna – 1939 composition studies in Prague -1939– 1951 professor of Music Theory on State Conservatory –1948 dramaturge of opera at SND – 1973 professor of composition at VŠMU in Bratislava

 His most famous operas:  Juro JánošíkJuro Jánošík  Beg Bajazid  The Game about love and death  Resurrection......

-Cikker was writing this opera from1950 to 1953, its premiere was in SND (Slovak National Theatre) the next year. - The librettist of Juro Jánošík was Štefan Hoza, who made the libretto on the basis of credible historical sources about the most famous Slovakian outlaw Juraj Jánošík.Štefan Hoza - He sets out from folk traditions capturing the image of former life. - The libretto gives a big space to dance scenes which introduce the life of outlaws and also the life of aristocracy.

-Juraj Jánošík is divided into 6 images which capture the period from the day when Jánošík joined the group of outlaws untill his execution in the story of the opera: Juraj becomes the captain of the outlaws after Uhorčík, he leaves his dear Milka and leads a life of an outlaw until he is arrested and sentenced.

-Slovak national music originates in the19th century when Slovakia did not have favorable conditions for the development of its own music. -Slovak folk songs inspired Slovak national music and they became the most important part of Slovak music.