Haimoni Balgava
EXPERIENCE
- INTERNATIONAL TOUR OF ,,CARPATHIAN TIMBRE" across Europe, 2022
As a winner of Meets Contest, my orchestra composition Carpathian timbre was performed by university orchestras from Tallinn (Estonia), Linköping (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain) across the Europe conducted by Spanish conductor Beatriz Fernández Aucejo.
- PRÍBEH HUDBY (STORY OF THE MUSIC), KOSICE / BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2022
I was commissioned to compose a short interactive piece for solo trumpet, trombita, symphonic orchestra and boy's choir. It was performed several times in Košice with State Symphonic Orchestra and in Bratislava with Slovak Radio Symphonic Orchestra as well. It was also broadcasted online to 15 thousand students of elemantry school in country.
- FESTIVAL OF ASIAN MINORITIES, OSTRAVA, Czech Republic 2022
In a festival dedicated to national minorities from Asia, I premiered my composition Sounds of Jungle PERFORMANCE as an audio-visual piece for flute (Hana Hána) and piano (me). We performed in costumes of Geisha.
- MUSICA EN CONSTRUCCIÓ - JOVES PROMESES, VALENCIA, Spain 2022
In Centre Cultural la Beneficència in Valencia, my piece for orchestra ,,La vida Española" was premiered as a part of a concert of young promises.
- ARE THERE WOMEN IN SLOVAKIA?, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2022
On occasion of a project about Slovak women in art, I got a commission for composing a piece for soprano and piano, which held its premiere in the Slovak Radio Building. This project connected all generations of Slovak composers-women, I represented the youngest one.
- WINNER of the 1st PRIZE, MEETS CONTEST 2022
I became the winner of the international composition competition organized by universities from Italy, Sweden, Estonia and Spain. The winning composition Carpathian timbre will be performed by the orchestras of involved universities during their 2022/2023 concert season.
- DEVANAS DUO DEBUT ALBUM, 2021
Four-hands piano duo of two Slovak pianists released their debut album with 6 works commissioned from selected Slovak composers. One of the works is my composition On the wave and the wind, which was also premiered the same year at the festival Asynchrónie on June in Slovak Radio Building.
- NEW SLOVAK MUSIC FESTIVAL, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2021
I was commissioned to compose a piece for EnsembleSpectrum in the occasion of Festival of New Slovak Music, that took place in Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava. This piece called ,,Foggish" was inspired by changes of clouds and fog in the High Tatras mountains.
- SLOVAK SINFONIETTA - STATE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, ŽILINA, Slovakia 2021
The Slovak National Chamber Orchestra performed my work Sounds of Jungle (Slovak premiere), as a part of the Music connecting continents program (Rossini, Saint-Saens, and others). Conducted by Debashish Chaudhuri (India), soloist on flute Hana Hána (Czech Republic).
- WINNER of the 1st PRIZE, GENERATION 2021 - international competition of composers
International jury selected my work Sounds of Jungle as the winning piece from among 86 submissions.
The competition is organized by Leos Janacek International Festival of Music. The winning piece will also be performed at the festival in 2022.
- MUSEO DE CIUDAD QUERETARO, Mexico 2020
I composed the music for an interactive exhibition El club de Tupperware dedicated to International Women's Day. At the opening I played a piano, a singer improvised, and a DJ was creating live loop from sounds of breaking glass and other objects by female visitors of the exhibition, as they were allowed to break all the things prepared for the event.
- MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO QUERETARO, Mexico 2019
The Mexican artist Vanessa Enriquez created a big artwork made of magnetic tapes and asked me to compose a music piece to accompany her art and strengthen the experience for the visitors. I played this on piano during the opening of the exhibition, and later a recording of my work was being played in the room with Vanessa`s work.
- GRADUATION CONCERT IN THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC, Czech Republic 2019
The Moravian Philharmonic and a soloist on flute, Hana Hána, performed a piece composed by me called The Sounds of Jungle in the Brno Philharmonic. My work was inspired by wild nature, animals, and indigenous rhythms from Central and South America.
- BRNO - THE HAGUE CONNECTION PROJECT, Czech Republic / Netherlands 2018
In this collaboration between my university and Royal Conservatoire of The Hague I took part as one of 6 international composers. My composition was performed in both cities.
- THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC, Czech Republic, 2017
Flutist Hana Hána performed my piece for solo flute as a part of a chamber concert.
- INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SYMPOSIUM TRSTENICE, Czech Republic 2016, 2017
I took part in this summer school twice. The focus was on percussion instruments. I attended a lot of lessons and discussions with composers from all around the world.
- FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ASYNCHRONIE BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 2016
I participated as a composer and pianist with my piece for piano quartet called "105 bars just for fun" at this festival.
- COMPETITION JAZZ START UP, Slovakia 2015
As a big fan of jazz I took part in this competition with one of my jazz compositions for piano, guitar and contrabass. After I advanced into TOP 10 the Slovak National Radio recorded my piece and has been broadcasting it since then.
- VENI ACADEMY PROJECT, Slovakia 2014
Taking part in this project has introduced me to contemporary music and has literally opened my eyes. I spent a whole week rehearsing and improvising and afterwards our international ensemble played 3 concerts in 3 different Slovak cities. I am in love with contemporary music composition since attending this project.
- NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS OF CONSERVATORIES, Slovakia 2013
I participated in a national competition with orchestra piece as a student of Conservatory Bratislava and finished on the 2nd place.