COMPOSITIONS FOR GUITAR BY SLOVAK COMPOSERS
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Welcome to a website dedicated to Slovak music for guitar, which serves as the outcome of a research project bearing the same name. It aims to provide a scholarly yet holistic view of compositional works by Slovak composers written for — and involving — the guitar.
The project seeks to map the quality, diversity, and developmental continuity of Slovak guitar music. Works for guitar by Slovak authors represent an artistically valuable and aesthetically diverse contribution to both the national and international musical landscape. Today, Slovak composed music for guitar reflects — to a significant extent — both stylistic and compositional-technical heterogeneity in approaches to musical material within Slovak composition as a whole.
Slovak guitar music offers remarkable stylistic and technical variety. Within this body of work, we can observe diverse compositional approaches to musical substance, mirroring broader tendencies in the evolution of Slovak music — for instance, the integration of progressive compositional techniques. In certain cases — such as with Jozef Kolkovič, Marián Budoš, and Jana Kmiťová — the guitar is a consistent presence throughout their entire compositional development. This continuity allows us to trace not only changing aesthetic preferences, but also the evolution of their musical thinking itself.

The project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Slovak Art Council, which is also its main partner.
study
As part of the project,
a scholarly study was published (in three parts) in the musicological journal Slovenská hudba.
„Compositions of Slovak composers for the guitar, the work of Mr. Ondrej Veselý, is an exceptional and highly valuable contribution that opens up new horizons in the world of Slovak music. It is a work that fully deserves recognition and broad dissemination so that its significance may reach the widest possible audience.”
Prof. Jozef Zsapka – Profesor emeritus

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As of March 2024, the following amount of music compositions was created for the guitar (and with the guitar)
AROUND 360
Various compositions from over
80 composers
16
CONCERTOS for guitar & orchestra
(including other pieces with orchestra)
up to 70
SOLO pieces for guitar
18
Elementary pieces
anthology
Click on the composer's name
to find more information
B
Bachratá Petra
Bázlik Miro
Bernáth Ľuboš
Bizoň Pavol
Boroš Tomáš
Breiner Peter
Burlas Ivan
C
ČEkovská Ľubica
Cotteli Honorát
d
Demoč Adrián
Döme Alexander
Dibák Igor
Duchnický Peter
f
Fekiačová Skruteková Zdenka
Filas Juraj
g
Gahér Jozef
Gräffinger Viliam
Godár Vladimír
Groll Peter
h
Hatrík Juraj
Hvozdík Samuel
Hochel Stanislav
Hvozdíková Tímea
i
Iršai Jevgenij
j
Janárčeková Viera
Javorka Peter
k
Kmiťová Jana
Kolkovič Jozef
Konečný jAROSLAV
Kořínek Miloslav
Krák Egon
Kroupová OĽga
Kubička Víťazoslav
Kojš Juraj
KoneČnÝ iVAN
Kopcsay Dominik
Kowalski Július
Králik Ján
Krška Pavol
Kupkovič Ladislav
l
Laco Jakub
Lejava Marián
m
Machajdík Peter
Malovec PAVOL
Martinček van Grob Peter
Mikula Zdenko
Moyzes Alexander
Malovec Jozef
Martinček Dušan
Matej Daniel
Milaković Boško
n
Novák Milan
Novosedlíková Lenka
p
Papanetzová Lucia
Pepucha Rudolf
Pospíšil Juraj
Parík Ivan
Piaček Marek
r
Remeň Daniel
REMENíK PETER
s
sALVA tADEáš
Šimon Martin
Szeghy Iris
Šarišský Vladislav
Stanček Ladislav
t
tANDLER jURAJ
v
vAJÓ jURAJ
vESELý oNDREJ
z
zAGAR pETER
zELJENKA iLJA