JURY
3rd year (2022/2023)
Peter Michalica
Peter Michalica is one of the most important internationally renowned representatives of Slovak concert art. He studied at the Conservatory and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (prof. Ján Skladaný), at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (prof. Jurij Jankelevich), and at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels (prof. A. Gertler). He also perfected his mastery under the guidance of the famous violinists Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Henryk Szeryng. He is a laureate of several international competitions (London, Brussels, etc.), holder of several prizes and honorary awards. He performed in recitals and solo performances with the orchestra in more than thirty countries on four continents. From 1982 to 1983, he worked as a visiting professor at Michigan State University and from 1985 to 1988 at Wayne State University in Detroit. He led various master classes in both, the USA and Europe (Boston, Arizona, Ohio, Florida, Dublin and others). For his beliefs, during normalization in 1972, he had to quit his post of the assistant at the Academy of Performing Arts. He started working at this school again in 1989. He is a violin professor at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the present. Many compositions by Slovak authors were inspired by his artistic mastery and are dedicated to him. Peter Michalica is in demand as a presenter and commentator on a range of programs, including radio and television. Also, he frequently comments in the mass media on many contemporary issues of present days.
Ildikó Versánszky
Violinist, profesor at the Kodály Zoltán Secondary School of Music and Music School – AMI in Debrecen. She is the head of the Department of string instruments. Also, she works at the Faculty of Music at Debrecen University as the Leading mentor. She is the soloist, concert master of the chamber orchestra Debreceni Lyra Szimfonikus Zenakar.
Peter Strenáčik
Peter Strenáčik was born in Lučenec. He studied violin at the Conservatory in Košice in the class of Koloman Takács. After graduation, he continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. His pedagogues were excellent teachers – Ján Skladaný, Jela Špitková and Albín Vrteľ. After graduation, he joined the State Opera in Banská Bystrica, where he worked for 15 years, mostly as the principal second violin. At the same time, he taught violin at the Primary Art School of Ján Cikker in Banská Bystrica. In 1992, when the the Conservatory of Ján Levoslav Bella was founded, he accepted a teaching position and he worked there for 25 years as a violin teacher and for a long time as the head of the string department. He was also at the birth of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, where he lead the Department of Orchestral Instruments for a quarter of a century. Today, many of his students are now active at home and abroad as soloists, chamber players, or orchestral players and they teach at art schools. Peter Strenáčik is a regular member of expert committees of regional and national violin competitions.
He is the co-founder of the International Violin Competition Prime Violin.