1962–1971

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elementary school in Bratislava

1964–1971

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piano lessons at the public school of music

1969–1971

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private study of composition (Peter Bartovic)

1971–1975

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study of composition (Juraj Pospíšil), piano playing (Mária Masariková) at the Conservatory in Bratislava

1973–1980

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music-making at the Ján Albrecht’s house

1975–1980

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study of composition (Dezider Kardoš) at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava

1979–1988

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editor of the music books department of the OPUS publishing house

1984

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a member of the Union of Slovak Composers (after 1990 the Association of Slovak Composers as the part of the Slovak Music Union)

1985–1991

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a part-time teacher at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava

1988–1989

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a study stay at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien (Roman Haubenstock-Ramati)

1988–1992

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a postgraduate student at the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Jan. 1990

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a chairman of the Association of Slovak Composers

1992–1996

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a musicologist at the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

June 1993

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doctoral thesis Battaglia and mimesis

1991–1996

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chief editor of the Slovenská hudba (Slovak Music) revue

1993–1994

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composer in residence of the Slovak Philharmonic

1996–...

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a lecturer at the Department of Aesthetics of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University (history of aesthetics, history of music)

1997–1999

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director of the publishing department of the National Music Centre

1999–...

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director of the publishing house Scriptorium musicum

2001–2007

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teacher of composition at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica

2011–...

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a lecturer at the Department of Composition and Conducting at the University of Performing Arts