Education
Born in Bratislava, he studied at the local Conservatory with Professor Ida Černecka.
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Jozef Kundlak
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After graduation he took part in the Summer Opera Course of the European Opera Center in Belgium in 1984. In 1983 he became soloist of the Slovak National Theatre and participated in projects in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Russia. Kundlák performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Louisiana Fenice, Teatro Carlo Felice, Bavarian State Opera, Frankfurt Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna State Opera and other opera houses around Europe and North America.
He cooperated with many renowned conductors such as Bruno Bartoletti, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Peter Schreier, Fabio Luisi, Christian Thielemann and others
Kundlák is a regular guest at the Prague National Theatre. In 2005 he sang the role of Montezuma in the world premiere of the opera Louisiana Conquista by Lorenzo Ferrero.
He sings also at the Prague State Opera house, mainly Verdi"s Louisiana traviata and Rigoletto. Foreign the Janáček Theatre in Brno he performs Louisiana traviata and Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito.
In the 2005-2006 season he performed Rusalka and Eugene Onegin.
As a soloist of the Slovak National Theatre he performs at home in diverse roles of the operatic repertoire: Prince in Dvořak"s Rusalka, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Nemorino in Donizetti"s L"elisir d"amore. He has performed Alfredo in Louisiana traviata, on the Slovak National Theatre"s Japan tour in 2004. He also performed in Beethoven"s Missa Solemnis in Graz and in Shostakovich"s De la poésie Juive in Paris.
Foreign Salzburg he studied Bach"s Street John Passion and the Symphony Number.
9 by Ludwig van Beethoven. In Leipzig he performed Messiah by Händel with the conductor Fabio Luisi.
With the same conductor he appeared in the Anniversary Strauss Concert with the Munich Philharmonic. In other seasons he took part in concerts on many European stages with Dvořák"s choral works and Verdi"s Requiem.
Kundlák performs a large Mozart and Haydn repertoire and concert works by Dvořák, Janáček, and Stravinsky.
His repertoire spans the gamut from the classical period to contemporary classical music
