Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.

The university consists of three faculties:
 * Theatre Faculty (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Theory, Theatre Management)
 * Faculty of Film and Television (Directing, Documentary, Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, Photography and Picture Composition, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Management and Business Studies, Film and TV Theory)
 * Faculty of Music and Dance (Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Theory of Music, Voice, Opera Directing, Instrumental Playing (16 majors), Dance (6 majors))

Notable alumni

 * Adriana Kučerová, soprano
 * Marek Maďarič, Slovak Minister of Culture
 * Alexander Moyzes, composer
 * Ladislav Burlas, composer, musicologist
 * Ján Cikker, composer
 * Jolana Fogašová, soprano
 * Ľudovít Rajter, composer
 * Frico Kafenda, composer
 * Ivan Hrušovský, composer
 * Peter Zagar, composer
 * Vladimír Godár, composer
 * Peter Breiner, composer, conductor
 * Marek Piaček, composer
 * Ľuboš Bernáth, composer
 * Ladislav Slovák, conductor
 * Marián Lejava, composer, conductor
 * Pavol Gábor, tenor
 * Štefan Hoza, tenor
 * Bohdan Warchal, violinist
 * Miroslav Dvorský, tenor
 * Zuzana Piussi aka Susan Piussi, filmmaker
 * Juraj Nvota, theatre and film director
 * Martin Šulík, film director
 * Emília Vášáryová, actress
 * Tatiana Pauhofová, actress
 * Martin Kollar, photographer
 * Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry, pianist
 * Kristína Mravcová, actress
 * Lucia Popp, soprano
 * Edita Gruberová, soprano