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1947 – 1955
Member of the Slovak National Theatre Orchestra
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1950
Graduated from the Conservatory in Bratislava (violin)
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1954
Graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (viola)
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Since 1967
Taught at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava; the Conservatory in Bratislava; and the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU)
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1973
Founded the ensemble Musica aeterna, specializing in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music
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1995
Appointed Professor in the field of Musical Art, Music Theory and History at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Ján Albrecht was a musicologist, art historian, and art connoisseur, as well as a violist, teacher, and humanist. He was an important figure in Bratislava's cultural life in the 20th century, influencing several generations of musicians and artists.
He combined theoretical research with an interest in reviving music from earlier periods. He wrote studies and articles focused on clarifying aspects of Baroque music, and he served as an editor of scores and recordings of older Slovak music. His reflections on Baroque music were brought together in the book Podoby a premeny barokovej hudby (Forms and Transformations of Baroque Music, 1982), and his aesthetic and philosophical insights in Eseje o umení (Essays on Art, 1986) and Duchovný svet krásna (The Spiritual World of Beauty, in German, 1995). He captured his personal life journey in Spomienky bratislavského hudobníka (Memoirs of a Bratislava Musician, 1998).
He was deeply interested in contemporary music, visual art, literature, mathematics, and the philosophy of art. He inspired younger generations of musicians and theorists in their efforts to discover new paths in music and thought. His gatherings with students and musicians in his apartment on Kapitulská Street in Bratislava were well known and cherished.