Background
MACHAJDIK, Peter was born on 1st of June, 1961 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Son of Vladimir Machajdík and Marta Machajdíková.
2003
Bratislava
British composer Gavin Bryars, Slovak composers Peter Machajdík and Daniel Matej
2004
Berlin
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and Peter Machajdík in 2004
2014
Košice, Slovakia
Pianist Fero Kiraly, composer / pianist Roger Eno, Peter Machajdík, and harpist Floraleda Sacchi in 2014
artist composer musician teacher
MACHAJDIK, Peter was born on 1st of June, 1961 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Son of Vladimir Machajdík and Marta Machajdíková.
1988 - Prize at Luigi Russolo International Music Competiion, Varese (Italy).
1992 - Artist in Residence - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) in Berlijn
1999 - composer-in-residence in Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2003 - composer-in-residence at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany
2004 - composer-in-residence, Kunsthaus Lukas Ahrenshoop, Germany
2005 - Jan Levoslav Bella Award (Slovakia)
2011 - composer-in-residence, Internationaal Visegrad Fund, Prague
2013 - composer-in-residence, Judenburg, Austria
Machajdik's music has been performed in various venues across Europe, America, and Asia, and has been featured at international festivals such as Inventionen in Berlin, New Work in Calgary, Early Music Festival in Boston, LakeComo Festival, Nuovi Spazi Musicali in Rome, Young Euro Classic in Berlin, Hörgänge at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Bolzano Festival 2016, Ostrava Days, Sagra Musicale Malatestiana in Rimini, Kauniainen Music Festival and Hauho Music Festival in Finland, Audio Art Festival in Cracow, Contrasts in Lviv, Kotor Art Festival, Sound City Days, Melos-Ethos Festival, and the Bratislava Music Festival.
Peter has collaborated and worked with some of the most established orchestras and ensembles including Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, I.J.Paderewski State Philharmonic Orchestra, Berg Orchestra, Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Europea, Luhansk Symphony Orchestra, Cluster Ensemble, Ensemble Metamorphosis, Virtuosi Lviv Chamber Orchestra, Prague Modern, Quasars Ensemble, Agon Orchestra, Mucha Quartet, Arte Quartett, and soloists such as harpists Floraleda Sacchi and Klára Bábel, clarinetists Martin Adámek and Guido Arbonelli, organists Carson Cooman, Olena Matselyukh and David di Fiore, cellists John Alex Heley, Piero Salvatori, Darry Dolezal and Jozef Lupták, harpsichordists Elina Mustonen and Asako Hirabayashi, violist Sasha Mirković, and accordionists Boris Lenko and Peter Katina, to name just a few. Conductors who have performed his work include Anu Tali, Benjamin Bayl, Paweł Osuchowski, Maria Makraki, Miran Vapotich, Gum Nanse, Peter Breiner, Peter Vrábel, Ivan Markovich, Marián Lejava, Petr Kofroň, Dominika Kawiorska, Ondřej Kukal, Aleksander Gref and Karol Kevický. Peter has also composed scores for feature films and documentaries, contemporary dance, theatre and radio plays.