Nora Skuta

“Eleonóra Slaničková-Škutová commands, among other things, a respectable dynamic amplitude, and she applies her creative temperament to the pieces she performs. Compositions with drama and passion are her forte. It is here that she wins the audience, the critics and the acclaim of the authors. At the same time, she attains an ideal balance between the mosaic of details and their integration into higher units; when performing the classical repertoire she captivates the audience with her personalized rendering of very well-known works.” Vladimír Čížik: Dictionary of Slovak Concert Art, Vol I., Hudobné centrum, Bratislava 2002, p. 120-123)

Moreover, Škutová is a sought-after chamber partner – apart from her duo with Mikuláš Škuta and the Opera Aperta ensemble, she is a member of the VENI ensemble and a standing chamber partner of Jozef Lupták, Eugen Prochác – vc, Ivana Pristašová – vn, Peter Šesták – vl, collaborating with vocalists in duos (Lívia Ághová, Andrea Danková, Aleš Jenis, Adriana Kohútková, Yveta Tannenbergerová), cellists (Ján Slávik and Michal Sťahel etc.) and foreign performers (Gabriela Demeterová, Barnabás Kelemen – vn, Robert Cohen, László Fenyő and Xavier Phillips – vc, Zygmunt Krauze – pf, Sigune von Osten and Beth Griffith – s).