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    private music school in Bratislava (violin – J. Strmček, later M. Kouřimský)

  • 1922 – 1925

    private study with former concert master of the Slovak National Theatre Orchestra R. Strobl

  • 1923 – 1931

    Music and Organ school in Bratislava (J. Aktardžiev)

  • 1931 – 1933

    Music Academy in Vienna (Franz Meirecker, Bronislaw Hubermann, F. von Reuter)

  • 1935

    state examination in violin playing (Prague)

  • 1934 – 1939

    external study with Ede Zathureczky, Budapest

  • 1940

    first violinist of Bratislava Chamber Association

  • 1942 – 1949

    concert master of the Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra in Bratislava

  • 1949

    first concert master of newly formed Slovak Philharmonic, in 1953 – 1964 as a soloist

  • 1934 – 1942

    Music School in Bratislava

  • 1938 – 1948

    Music and Dramatic Academy Bratislava (later State Conservatory)

  • 1949

    first teacher of violin at the Academy of Performing Arts, where he stayed til September 30, 1980 (in 1955 – 1963 also as a dean of Music and Dance Faculty, 1952 associate professor, 1958 – full professor)

Tibor Gašparek was the Father of Slovak violin art. He was a leading concert master and pedagogue, who was involved in the formation and development of Slovak performing art and professional music education. He was an active concert player more than 30 years. As a soloist he performed at home and abroad in artistic cooperation with well known conductors and music ensembles. He recorded for Bratislava Radio and cooperated with television. He premiered a whole range of compositions of Slovak composers and he was one of the first artists who represented Slovak musical art abroad.

In the pedagogical field he took over the baton after the pioneering generation of Czech violinists Norbert Kubát and Gustáv Náhlovský. Into Slovak violin education he brought new impulses which he acquired during his studies, but also from his own artistic experiences. He was co-founder of the Slovak violin school, modernized violin techniques, and incorporated new method of holding the bow.

He raised well known violinists and teachers (Mikuláš Jelínek, Marta Országhová, Alojz Nemec, Aladár Móži, Ján Skladaný, Konštantín Sedlák, Mária Karlíková, Quido a Anna Hölblingovci, Jindřich Pazdera, Ewald Danel and others). He was actively involved as a co-organizer of musical life and held important positions in cultural and social organizations.

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