Music is generally defined as a specific human activity that, in the space and time of characteristically grouped tones and sounds, and social experience seeks to (mainly aesthetically) communicate. Music is a more specific kind of art whose expressive means are the tones and basic components of harmony, melody, rhythm and color.
The garage will appear again in Trencin, this time in the KKC Hviezda area. Within the 4th year, which organizing Trencin 2026 in cooperation with the Pohoda festival, it will bring 3 Saturdays of concerts of the upcoming generation of bands from all over Slovakia. The performing bands were selected by an expert jury from 214 entries.
15:30 – 18:30 TRAKT: Happy audio – Interactive music workshop for children – playing on vegetables
The big celebration of the International Roma Day in Prague 2024 brings an inspiring theme: the Romaissance – the renaissance of the Roma. Romaissance represents a new era for the Roma community and highlights the courage and strength of Roma to overcome obstacles and thrive in the modern world.
ARA ART prepared the 10th edition and within it programs that included artistic performances, discussions on Roma culture and identity, educational workshops and much more.
During the gala program at ARCHA+, (Na Poříčí 26, Prague 1) artists such as: Antonín Gondolán, Vanesa Horáková, Tomáš Botló, Anička Oláhová, Marsell Bendig, Gitana, Bikarová sisters, Igor Kmet’o Jr., Kale, Petra Gelbart, Matiová sisters, Marta Balážová, Tessie, Janko (Duo Band Kladno), Oto Bunda, Natálie Kuchárová, Michal Žolták, Nicolas Čonka, Live Band of Milan Kroka. Moderated by Jarmila Balážová and Tomáš Bystrý. Projections by Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT).
The Night of Museums and Galleries is a pan-European event held under the patronage of the Council of Europe with the aim of presenting cultural heritage and the importance of its preservation and protection in cultural exchange, dissemination of information about the cultural diversity of individual countries and regions of Europe, informal education and recreation.
The activities of museums during the Night of Museums and Galleries are oriented towards activities that remain hidden from the public throughout the year. At that time, museums open their “hidden” chambers to the public and reveal secrets hidden from public view. In this way, the public can penetrate the secrets of the ‘museum kitchen’. ‘Unlocking the secrets’ also helps the public, through the knowledge and information thus gained, to better understand the importance of museums in preserving part of the cultural and natural heritage preserved in museums.
As part of the Night of Museums and Galleries event in Trencin, TRAKT will present a pair of art projects in the Atrium under the Tower and in the City Tower on 13 May.
CITY TOWER
9.00 – 23.00 LIGHT HARF | Interactive game full of light beams. Become a player and try what it is like to play on the lights.
With your movements and touches you create beautiful light curtains and melodies. This game immerses you in a world of light and music.ATRIUM UNDER THE TOWER
21.00 – 23.00 LIGHT GRAFFITI | Do you want to become part of street art and leave your digital legacy? Put your light graffiti on the façade of the Atrium. Just press the spray nozzle and you can start creating huge works of art. What’s more, you don’t have to worry about damaging the history of the façade because it’s a digital projection.
The festive evening of the 9th International Roma Day celebrations was once again held at the Archa Theatre in Prague together with ARA ART.
This year’s celebrations were marked by FUSION: bringing together different musical genres and artistic disciplines, bringing together performers, artists, people and presenting traditional and new art forms.
Edita & Martina Bendigová (Edit Bend group), Alžběta Ferencová (ZEA), Tommy Bela & Ricco Šarkozi, Natalia Udovikova,Tatiana Voronina, Aleco Ivanovitch, Dominik Teleky & Lenka Fučíková, Josef Reis & Majka Ondičová, Simona Šenkiová, Milan Kroka & Aneta Surmajová, Marie Oláhová, Jan Hron, the Bikarová sisters & the Matiová sisters, Michal Žolták. The artists were accompanied by the Live Band of Milan Kroka and moderators Sabina Šlachtová and Nikolas Ferenc. Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT) made light projections during the gala evening.
TRAKT member Ondrej Druga with his project Ondro a kamaráti (Ondro and friends), which impressed the jury of the last round of the show Zem spieva, has recorded his debut CD. The project plans to release two songs from the forthcoming CD on the anniversaries of two August events: on 21 August, the anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, the song Jednej krásnej noci (One Beautiful Night) will be released. The song was originally invented by the shepherd and fujarist Martin Ľupták – Sanitrár from Kováčová near Zvolen, and his voice will also be heard in the opening part of a more modern arrangement of the song.
On 29 August 2022, on the anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, the project plans to publish the song In a wide field the linden tree stands. It is a song with an anti-fascist context: the original song by the world-famous Alexanders in Horehronie has been rejuvenated – local people have taken over the melody and changed the words.
Both singles will be part of an upcoming CD, which plans to complete this project during the autumn of 2022.
We invite you to the Baptism of the album UNDER THE CLOUD, which will take place on Friday, February 24, 2023 in the Workers’ House at 7:00 pm.
Ondro and friends is a group of musician-friends who like to experiment and dream. In 2020 they took part in the TV competition Zem sìva, where they impressed the jury and made it to the finals. In most of their arrangements, they emphasize the recognition of selected stylistic elements of the processed songs according to the specific localities of their origin, but in several cases also according to specific singers – bearers of the traditions. This is the culmination of a project that has been creating and publishing its arrangements for several years. In addition to musicians, the programme will also feature prominent singers from various parts of Slovakia.
The project has been supported by the Fund for the Support of the Arts from public funds. The recording and release of the CD Pod obločkom was made in close cooperation with TRAKT and Môlča records. The musicians who participated in the CD were:
Ondrej Druga
Marek Kľúčik
Michal Latinák
Marek Pisarcik
Michaela Mária Dobáková
Ivana Ivanić
Juraj Súdi
Šimon Škoda
and singers:
Barbora Krištofíková a.h.
Michal Dudáš a.h.
Sabina Ladecká a.h.
Vladimír Latinák a.h.
Bohumil Novák a.h.
Jozef Varga a.h.
Vladimír Rekšák a.h.
Katarína Mosnáková-Bagľašová a.h.
Leonóra Súdiová a.h.
Michaela Neupauerová a.h.
The main author of the musical arrangements of the project is Ondrej Druga (TRAKT).
From public funds supported by the Fund for the Support of Arts.
Ondrej and friends won the Radio_Head Awards in the World Music 2023 category. Congratulations!
After the successful creation and presentation of the interdisciplinary work “Earth: from traditional art to new media”, the authors Ivana Mer, Mária Júdová, Nina Marinová and Bára Zmeková are carrying out an international mobility in Spain. The authors will focus on crossing the boundaries between visual art, new technologies, music and traditional art.
The aim of the project is to offer creators the opportunity to be inspired, to confront other creative industries and to make meaningful connections with professionals across sectors. Strengthening existing relationships and creating new ones is important.
27.11.2022 Getxo, Utopian Getxo
30.11.2022 Barcelona, Soda Acústic
01.12.2022 Mojacar, Fundación Valparaíso
Presentations supported by public funding from the Fund for the Promotion of the Arts. Thank you.
The GARAGE: X Fest Art Opening / Divotvorba and Concerts in Garage / Rap in Garage project is coordinated by our member Patrik Kubizna on behalf of TRAKT and Trenčín 2026, who is assisting Yasmina Cabanova and Marek Niejadlik.
6.8.2022 (Saturday) Garage opening in the Park x Fest Art
Garage, an alternative space for culture, is moving to M.R. Štefánik Park. Come and experience the atmosphere of this place! First of all, the Fest Art group will take over the Garage and create a unique work of art with the musical accompaniment of DJs from the Face2bass crew and friends. Bands Random Choices and Charms’ detispolu with Matúš Oravec, JAAN and DJ Matwe will perform. Tamara Kramar is the main star of the opening night.
19.8.2022 (Friday) Divotvorba and concerts in Garage
Come and relax in the Garage on Friday. Divotvorba will feature author readings of both prose and poetry, with guest Shimpe Ondrus reading from his Dictionary of Alien Dreams. This will be followed by concerts by three artistic formations, each of which, though different, are united by their ability to mirror emotions and evoke dreamlike moods. Singer, musician and emerging composer Veronika Jarábková will stir our emotions with her unique vocals and piano. The instrumental Trenčín band Personal Spaces playing atmospheric post rock will christen their newly released EP Tiberghien.Video projection of their music will be accompanied by Analogrunner with Lara Aba Hamdan.
2.9.2022 (Friday) Rap in Garage
The rap evening in Garage will feature young names from the Trenčín rap scene, who will get a chance to promote their work. At the end of the show will be President Lourajder, a Slovak rapper and MC from Bratislava, one of the few representatives of the so-called alternative rap in our country. He will bring hip-hop hits with a classic sound and a reference to the 90s. He will also arrive with his prominent beatmaker Emil, with whom they will play a special set together with video projection. Electronic music producers DJ Goblin and Snowfake will round off this event.
3.9.2022 (Saturday) PRIESTOR x Garage
Formaat – a project of Trenčín artists. Camera obscura Garage – transforming the Garage into a large working camera obscura, where the viewer can get acquainted with this old technology, where reality is projected onto the wall through a small hole in the wall. Art workshop – plein air contemporary art. Audiovisual workshop – the visitor can try interacting with contemporary audiovisual electronic technologies
The Chaldean empire finds itself at war with the Persians under King Cyrus II, thanks to the treachery of the Babylonian priests. The commander of the Babylonian army, Nebuzar, searches the land for Persian spies and in the course of his wanderings meets the beautiful Nanai with whom he and she fall in love, unaware that it is because of this encounter that Nanai is sold to the mercy of the rich. She is saved from her fate by the Persian spy Ustiga, with whom she falls in love, but later, because of her endless and devoted love for Babylon and also for Nebuzar, Ustiga turns her over to the Babylonian army. Everything crumbles, the priests kill even the last resisters, and only a single commander of the armies sounds the alarm against the Persian threat. The plan to defend Babylon is in the hands of the Persians, and so the Babylonian army finally arises. The war lasts for two long years after which the Persians retreat for all the world. Babylon celebrates, Nanai pleads for Ustig’s liberation. The Persians take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Babylonians and, through the deflated riverbeds, attack and conquer Babylon. Only a few survive, among them Nanai, who remains in the vision of building a new free Babylon….
Premiere: 3 May 2022 at 18:00, in Studio of Dance Theatre, Banská Bystrica
Theme, music by Pavol Janíček
Musical arrangement, conductor. Ihor Vlakh
Choreography, dramaturgy. Michaela Šeligová, Lucia Bielik DiS.art
Visualization, projections. Mgr. art Lukáš Matejka, ArtD.
Ján Čief
Choirmaster: PaedDr. Katarína Koreňová, PaedDr. Miroslava Matisovámain characters: Nanai – Ema Vrábelová, Nebuzardar – Ľubomír Kútnik, Ustiga – Adrián Skácel
Performers: Company of the Dance Department of the J.L.Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica
co-performers: orchestra and choir of the J.L.Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica
The project was implemented with the support of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.
Sound installation on the old railway bridge in Trencin
The sound installation Takt, set in the environment of the old railway bridge in Trenčín, is a new work of art by the TRAKT civic association. The interactive work was created together with other invited colleagues from the cultural and technological field. The work was created with the help of the ECC Trenčín 2026 team, which worked intensively on the candidacy of the city of Trenčín in this prestigious cultural event (European Capital of Culture). The sound installation was first launched to the public in a test phase at the turn of November and December 2021.
The author of the music is the young performer Toello, coming from Trenčianske Teplice, who layered 16 unique original tracks. These are triggered interactively by embedded sensors and thus react to people coming and going directly on the bridge. If one person enters the bridge the first musical layer is triggered, the next person crossing triggers the next, and so on. When the passer-by leaves the bridge, the track turns off again. If there are, for example, 10 people on the bridge at the same time, in the sensed environment directly above the river Váh, 10 sound tracks will play in parallel, which together will form a single musical unit. The maximum is 16 music tracks. At that point, passers-by will be able to hear the full track. If there is no one on the bridge, it will remain silent. Takt is available every day from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The work responds to collaboration, togetherness and connectedness in a local context. For example, in the quest to become ECoC 2026, but also in the unification of the cultural and artistic community. However, it also responds to global contexts such as the polarisation of society in different areas. The sound installation presents in a rather illustrative way the idea of “unity is strength”, where only by being present with each other can people play a musical piece in its full scope. Although the individual plays an essential role, he or she cannot create the whole on his or her own.
Photos by Juraj Majersky and Lukas Matejka.
Christmas time is a magical time where anything is possible – we can even see the sounds shine through. Such an experience has been prepared for the inhabitants of Trenčín by the TRAKT association in cooperation with the city of Trenčín. A symphony of sounds will come alive in colourful lights, and everyone can be a conductor and a player, from the smallest ones. Thanks to the interactive installation, the space of the Atrium under the City Tower will be illuminated and sounded by your joint movement. You can come to play in the Atrium under the City Tower in Trencin from 22 December 2021 to 19 January 2022, always in an evening magical atmosphere between 15:00 and 20:00.
