Tibor Andrašovan
Tibor Andrašovan (born April 3, 1917 in Slovenská Ľupča ; † June 14, 2001 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher.
Andrašovan graduated from 1937 to 1941 with a degree in education at the Comenius University in Bratislava and then taught at the teachers' academies in Modra and Bratislava. From 1941 to 1945 he attended the city's conservatory, where he studied composition with Eugen Suchoň and conducting with Jozef Vincourek and Kornel Schimpl . In 1945 he studied musicology at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague with Zdeněk Nejedlý and Josef Hutter and took courses in orchestral and choral conducting with Pavel Dědeček and Miroslav Doležil .
From 1946 to 1957 he worked as a répétiteur, dramaturge and conductor at the Slovak National Theater. He was also artistic director of the Slovak Folk Art Ensemble (S erUK) from 1955 to 1957 and later from 1969 to 1974. Between 1957 and 1969 and after 1974 he lived as a freelance artist.
Andrašovan composed orchestral works, operas, ballets, songs and drama music. Since 1946 he also worked for the Slovak film. In particular, he composed music for documentaries by the directors Josef Mach , Andrej Lettrich , Martin Ťapák and Paľo Bielik . For the music for the film Pieseň strojov he was awarded the national prize in 1949. In 1957 he received the State Prize of the Mongolian People's Republic, and in 1968 the Order of Labor. The Univerzita Mateja Bela in Banská Bystrica awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1997.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andrašovan, Tibor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slovenská Ľupča |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2001 |
| Place of death | Bratislava |