Prof. Štefan Sedlický, ArtD.

Slovakia

He studied piano at the Žilina Conservatory and at the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava where he also started conducting studies by prof. Hradil in 1989. Since 2008 he has been the senior college lecturer at the Music Arts Faculty of the Arts Academy in Banská Bystrica where he teaches choir conducting. He also cooperates with the Pedagogical Faculty of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. He is the conductor of several choirs with whom he has achieved a lot of success both home and abroad. He directs the Žilina mixed choir (1st prize in Spittal 1992; 2nd prize in Llangollen 1997; absolute winner and conductors´ prize in Prague choir days 2000; Grand Prix in Bialsko Biala etc.). He has been the conductor of the chamber choir Cantica in Martin; Academic choir of Ján Cikker in Banská Bystrica from 1998-2008 (1st prize at IFAS in Pardubice; absolute winner of Academic Banská Bystrica in 2001 and 2007). In 2002 he took the conductorship of the Slovak Teachers´ Choir after prof. Hradil. With this choir he has won various international awards. Since 2009 he has been leading also the mixed choir Cansona Neosolium of the Arts Academy in Banská Bystrica. He regularly cooperates as choirmaster with the State chamber orchestra in Žilina by presenting large vocal-instrumental works. He is active as lecturer in conductors´ workshops and as juror in choir competitions in Slovakia and abroad.