Elena Lukešová
studied soprano flute from
the time she was 7 years old at the Jozef Kresánek Primary Art School in
Bratislava under Alena
Janikovičová, at whom she also graduated at the second level in the alt flute. After
graduating the Primary Art School, she
began playing in Chore Antiqua's renaissance chamber music ensemble under Lýdia
Stanová, where she also played sopranino flute, tenor and bass flute. The
ensemble is the successor of the first chamber ensemble of Old music in Slovakia (Chorea Antiqua),
which was founded in 1973 by musicians of Bratislava's musical ensembles - Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak
Radio, Slovak National Theater and Nová scéna Theater. At the age of
18, she began studying concert flute on Adult Level Primary Art School at
Mgr.art Valéria
Bánovská. She participated in public concerts of
contemporary music Portraits, which were created at the initiative of the
Slovak section of the World Society for Contemporary Music, where she premiered
the composition from
František Kadera. At the international competition, Rajec music spring, she placed in 2nd and 3rd place. Based on these
places, she was able to play the concert for the winners at the Slovak Philharmonic, where she introduced
the premiere composition from Marek
Piaček and the Bratislava Information Center in Vienna, where she and a flute trio played a premiere composition from František Kadera. During her studies, she was admitted to the
orchestra FOR Bratislava, which
operates in Devínska Nová Ves under the conductor Mgr. Vladimír Dianiška. In 2015 they recorded their first CD,
which was christened by Sima Martaus at Slovak Radio. Elena and Peter
Beladič met in 2014 and started their collaboration, which has since grown into the idea of the Slovak folklore project.
Peter Beladič
is a graduate of the State Conservatory in Bratislava. He learned the basics of guitar
playing at Edita Kubikova, his
studies continued at František Gróf, himself a student of a prominent
guitarist and pedagogue Štěpán
Urban. During his studies at František Gróf, he met with well-known flamenco guitarists,
such as Flaco de Nerja or Morenito de Triana, who were also students of Gróf's. From them he had learned guitar flamenco elements, which he uses today and which he uses in his interpretation of Slovak
music. He was prepared for his
entrance exams for conservatory under Miriam Rodriguez-Brulová and improved his guitar skills under Martin Krajčo. During this period, he began to be interested in creating his own
compositions and arranging music. He has participated in many international
guitar festivals, several of which included master courses from artists, such as: Atanas Ourkouzounov, Alexis Muzurakis, Raúl Ernesto Funes, Ricardo Gallén and István Gyárfás. Thanks to these courses, he understood,
that most of these artists, apart from interpreting the compositions of
well-known composers or arrangers, also present their traditional music. This discovery gave him the idea of arranging and presenting
our folk music in compositional design with guitars. He is currently passing his
experience through the teaching of young guitarists at the Jozef Kresánek Primary Art School in Bratislava. He played concert with OĽuN (Folk Instruments Orchestra of Slovak Radio Broadcasting) led by Miroslav Dudík at Ivan Dubecký's memorial concert organized by Slovak Radio Broadcasting in 2019.
