About Project
The Ľudovít Rajter Award was established by the Music Centre in the Year of Slovak Music 2006, when the music public commemorated the centenary of the birth of this important personality of Slovak musical culture. The award is intended for a young concert artist (instrumentalist, conductor) or a chamber ensemble and the laureate is selected by an expert committee appointed by the Director of the Music Centre. The main criteria for the award are exceptional performance and outstanding representation of Slovak musical culture at home and abroad.
The Music Centre will release a profile CD to the winner of the award.
Composer, conductor and teacher Ľudovít Rajter (1906-2000) (author of the photo: Tomáš Vyskočil) was a personality of international importance. He worked as a conductor of the Hungarian Radio, a teacher at the F. Liszt College of Music in Budapest, was at the birth of the Slovak Philharmonic and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, and was the chief conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava. He has premiered, regularly performed and recorded numerous works by Slovak composers. For many years he cooperated with the Musical Youth of Slovakia. He was the recipient of national and foreign state and social honours and prizes.
Laureates of the Ľudovít Rajter Prize: