Adriana Antalová

Adriana Antalová is a Slovak harpist, chamber musician, and university lecturer.

She interprets solo and chamber pieces including the flute, violin, viola, and cello. In chamber music, her partners include Peter Michalica, František Magyar, Eugen Prochác, Cyril Šikula, and others. She worked with conductors Zdeněk Bílek, Ladislav Holásek, Miloš Machek, Jan Rozehnal, Toshiyuki Shimada, and Bohdan Warchal. As a soloist or chamber artist she performed at several festivals (7th World Harp Congress in Prague, 1999; Days of Slovak Culture in Slané, Music Under the Diamond Vault in Kremnica, Music Summer at the Slanický Island of Arts, NSH, Melos-Ethos, Festival of Nice Music in Banská Štiavnica, and more). She has premiered numerous works by Slovak composers and has also made recordings for Slovak Radio, Diskant, Slovart, and Vienna Modern Masters (VMM).

She is also active in teaching, having worked at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), and has organized the Harp Days festival for children in Bratislava.

"Adriana Antalová’s wide repertoire is a result of twenty years of musical collaboration in a variety of instrument combinations. As a soloist, she presented concert and solo pieces of harp literature of various styles. She dedicates special attention to contemporary Slovak and foreign music and enjoys performing works of Slovak composers, many of which she premiered." (Slovník slovenského koncertného umenia II., Hudobné centrum, Bratislava 2004, s. 43-45.)