Vladimír Bokes

(Curriculum Vitae)

Born: 1946
Died: 2024
Nationality: Slovak

1960–1965: studied cello with G. Večerný and composition with J. Pospíšil at the Bratislava Conservatory
1965: Sequenza for 9 Insruments
1965–1970: continued composition studies with Alexander Moyzes (1965-66) and Dezider Kardoš (1966-70) at the Academy of Music and Drama Bratislava
1970: 1st Symphony for Orchestra, op. 8 (Bratislava 1970)
1970–1975: taught music theory at the Bratislava Consevatory
1974: 2nd String Quartet, op. 18 (Bratislava 1975, Prague 1977, St. Peterburg 1979)
1975–1989: lectured on theoretical subjects at AMD Bratislava
1975: 2nd Wind Quintet, op. 19 (Bratislava 1975, Baranow, Poland 1976)
1976: 1st Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 21 (Bratislava 1978)
1978: 2nd Symphony for Orchetra, op. 24 (Bratislava 1980)
1980: concerts and broadcast forbidden
1981: 3rd Symphony for Orchestra, op. 36 (Košice 1989)
1982–2017: teaches composition at AMD
1982: 4th Symphony for Soli, Choir and Orchestra, op. 38
1984: Essay of Comunicativity (published 1988)
1987: 5th Symphony for Orchestra, op. 51 (Košice 1988)
1989: Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 53 (Bratislava 1995)
1991: J. L. Bella Prize (3rd Symphony)
1991: Missa Posoniensis for Soli, Choir, Organ and Orchestra, op. 55
1992–1998: chairman of the Committee of the International Festival of Contemporary Music Melos Ethos
1993: received professorship at AMD
1995–1999: chairman of Slovak Composers Union
2000: ISCM World Music Days Luxembourg (Preludes and Fugues)
2002–2014: chairman of Board of Music Foundation, Bratislava
2003: Reconstruction of the original version of the opera Krútňava by Eugen Suchoň
2003: 6th Symphony for Orchestra, op. 73 (Bratislava 2003)
2006: Jubilee concert with the premiere of Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 27 (1978) after 28 years (Bratislava)
2007: Premiere of Sequenza for 9 Instruments after 42 years (Bratislava)
2007: ISCM World Music Days Hong Kong (Csardas Enikonek)
2008: Premiere of the original version of Krútňava from Eugen Suchoň (State Opera B. Bystrica, Piešťany)
2009: 7th Symphony for Orchestra, op. 80 (Bratislava 2011)
2012–2017: teaches composition at Conservatory in Bratislava
2013: ISCM World New Music Days Košice (Concertino for violoncello and chamber ensemble)
2016: Premiere of Missa posoniensis (Bratislava)