• 1973 – 1979

    Bratislava Conservatory (piano)  

  • 1979 – 1983

    Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava (conducting), simultaneously completed master course (Sergio Celibidache)

  • 1983 – 1985

    conductor of the State Theatre Opera in Košice  

  • from 1985

    to the present s conductor of the Slovak National Theatre Opera Orchestra 

D. Štefánek’s opera repertoire comprises some dozens of titles. He has furthermore held the position of  conductor-in-chief of the Jozef Gregor Tajovský Theatre Opera (State Opera) in Banská Bystrica; he has made guest appearances at the Prague National Theatre and at the Janáček Opera in Brno; he has collaborated with the State Theatre in Košice, Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the State Philharmonic in Košice.

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