The Festival Is Guaranteed by the Ministery of Culture of the Slovak Republic Co-Organizators and Sponsores
The festival is guaranteed by the Ministery of Culture of the Slovak Republic Co-organizators and sponsores: Slovak Philharmony Slovak Radio Slovak Music Union Slovak Music Fund Slovkoncert Bratislava Council Ostfond des Bundesministeriums fUr Unterricht und Kunst, Osterreich Association Alypios, Munchen Bundesministerium fOr Unterricht und Kunst, Osterreich Ambasciata d'ltalia Ufficio Culturale, Praha Goethe lnstitut, Bratislava lnstitut Francais, Bratislava Osterreichesches Generalkonsulat, Bratislava Czech Cultural Centre, Bratislava Polish Information and Cultural Centre, Bratislava Daily Narodna obroda, Bratislava Edit - Film and Publicity Production, Praha Festival Warsaw Autumn FESTIVAL COMMITTEE llja Zeljenka - chairman of the festival committee Miroslav Bazlik Nada Hr~kova Roman Berger Jozef PodhoranskY Viera Polakovirova lvan Marton EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Nada Hr~kova Marta Sulekova Bozena Horvathova lgor Valentovi~ lngrid Kralova Bratislava is not lacking its own rich musical traditions, though, unfortunately, under the communist rule they have been developing one-sidedly. Current European and world musical creation was tabooed, so therefore the pervasive environment of the day could be neatly calibrated as that of the "musical iron curtain". Quite a number of this country's authors, who dared to draw on world trends and tendencies, were put to doubt and normally persecuted. That was especially the case in the SO's and later on in 68: after the occupation when many were prohibited to publish their works (for their, as it were, antisocialist views). As its aim, Me/os-Ethos Festival sees presentation of classical artworks of the 20th century musical avant-garde among which, undoubtedly belong such loud names as SchOnberg, Webem, Messiaen, Nono, Lutoslawski, Ugeti etc. Thereby the organizers of the Festival are pursuing the goal of filling in an information hiatus caused by the former regime.
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