conductor | composer | teacher
Antonín Dvořák
RUSALKA
op.114 - opera
version for chamber orchestra (2014, ca.150´)
P. I. Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker
(fl, cl, pn, vn, va, vc, db) (2016, ca.30´)
suite for puppet theatre for small ensemble
Jacques Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
theatrical spectacle (on J.Offenbach´s opera)
for singer, speaker ad lib., speaking conductor and small ensemble with live electronics
Slovak conductor, composer and teacher studied both conducting and composition at Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava with Ondrej Lenárd and Vladimír Bokes. Subsequently he took master classes by numerous master conductors such as Zsolt Nagy, Günter Herbig, Peter Eötvos, Iván Fischer and by composers such as Tristan Murail, Erich Urbanner, Klaus Huber, Christian Wolff and many others.
As conductor within last 15 years Lejava has premiered more than 100 works of chamber, orchestral and stage music of both domestic and foreign composers, many of them with close and personal collaborations (E.Sharp, D.Dramm, I.Matsushita, V.Cordero, numerous Slovak composers and many others).
Guest conductor in Slovak national theatre since 2006, Slovak Philharmony since 2007, State philharmony Košice since 2011 and State opera Košice since 2014.
Since 2014 he is principal conductor of Prague Modern ensemble. He was former principal conductor of Melos Etos ensemble (2005-7) and VENI ensemble (1999-2009).
Inventor, founder and conductor of VENI ACADEMY (2010-2015) – platform for education of young generation of musicians in contemporary music. He has won RADIO_HEAD AWARDS 2013 for Best album of the year in Classical Music category for double album VENI ACADEMY “Rolling Tones/In Zarter Bewegung” and recently and RADIO_HEAD AWARDS 2016 for Best album of the year in Classical Music category for album „Szymanowski/Berg violin concertos“ with violinist Milan Pala and Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
As conductor, he has travelled over the Europe, Japan and China with both concerts and opera performances.
Lejava has participated on more than 20 CDs (Naxos and Slovak labels) mostly of contemporary music including world premieres and recorded “Chant d´Amour” CD (2006) with his own chamber music.
Between 2007-14 he was head and conductor of Opera studio at Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava and since 2007 he teaches both conducting and composition. He also gave lectures in Music department of Faculty of Philosophy at Komensky University in Bratislava (musical analysis) and lectured both conducting and composition at Academy in Aveiro (Portugal) and AMU Prague (Czech Republic).
Ensemble Opera Diversa (2018)
Prague modern (2011-13, principal conductor 2014-18)
VENI ensemble (principal conductor 2000-2013)
VENI ACADEMY (inventor, co-founder and principal conductor 2010-2015)
Qaartsiluni ensemble Budapest (2012-14)
Bratislava Contemporary Players (BCP) (principal conductor 2013-17)
Melos-Etos ensemble (principal conductor 2005-2007)
Musica Aeterna (since 2000)
Musica Cassovia chamber orchestra (2010-11)
Chamber Soloists Bratislava (2005)
Ostravská banda (2005)
Opera Aperta ensemble (2003-4)
Ensemble modern Frankfurt (2011)
Ensemble Rezonance Freiburg (2005)
Ensemble of OCNM Ostrava (2001, 2003, 2005)
Wind ensemble Societa Rigata (1997-2001)
Ensemble Neue Musik Bratislava (2001-05)
Cello ensemble of Academy
Cello Coloseum ensemble
Bratislava Cello Quartet
ORFEUS chamber ensemble (2012)
Brno Philharmony (2018)
Prague Philharmonia (2016, 2018)
Orchestra lyrique et symphonique de Nancy (2010, 2011)
Opera National de Lorraine Nancy (2010, 2011)
Slovak Philharmonic orchestra (2007, 2008, 2016)
Slovak National Theatre (2006-18)
State philharmony Košice (2011-18)
State Opera Košice (2014-17)
Symphonic orchestra of slovak radio (2003, 2005, 2016-18)
Savaria symphony orchestra Szombathely (1996)
Janáček Philharmonic orchestra Ostrava (2003-05, 2008)
Symphonic orchestra of the Academy of music and drama in Bratislava incl. VSMU Modern orchestra (2000-18)
Jena Philharmonic orchestra (2007)
Philharmonic orchestra Hradec Králové (2004)
Slovak sinfonietta Žilina (2009-10)
Young Euro Classic Symphony orchestra (China) (2010)
Orquesta de Cadaqués (2008)
New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (2012)
ASYNCHRONIE chamber orchestra (2016)
ZOE chamber orchestra (2014-17)
Lejava has been conducting large variety of works by genre, instrumental/vocal forces and time periods from Baroque era till 21st Century, from chamber ensembles to Rite of Spring orchestras, from purely instrumental, symphonic and concertant works until vocal and operatic titles.
The following list is a preview of composers performed on concerts and stage performances:
pre-20th century:
Bach J.S., Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Boieldieu, Donizetti, Dvořák, Glazunov, Grieg, Händel, Haydn J., Minkus, Mozart, Mussorgskij, Nicolai, Novák, Schubert, Smetana, Stamitz, J.Strauss Sohn, Tchaikovsky, Weber, Wieniawski
1st half of the 20th century:
Bartók, Berg, Gershwin, Ives, Janáček, Lehár, Martinu, Menotti, Messiaen, Nielsen, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Puccini, Sibelius, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, R.Strauss, Varése, Webern
2nd half of the 20th century and contemporary:
Andriessen, Berio, Bernstein, Blake, Boulez, Bryars, Carinola, Cordero, Dargay, Donatoni, Dramm, Feldman, Gubaidulina, Hanuš, Hough, Hosokawa, Husa, Jarell, Jeffery, Kabeláč, Komorous, Kondo, Kotik, Lagnau, Ligeti, Lin, Lutoslawski, Manolios, Matsushita, Murail, Neuwirth, Pärt, Rose J., Sabat, Scelsi, Sharp, Silvestrov, Smolka, Sorensen, Spilak, Szlavnicz, Takemitsu, Tarantino, Trojan J., Volans, Weinberg, Widlak, Wolff Ch.
Bachratá, Beneš, Berger, Bernáth, Bodnár, Bokes, Buffa, Burgr, Burlas L., Burlas M., Cikker, Demoč, Dubovský M., Dubovský R., Čekovská, Grešák, Groll, Hatrík, Hvozdík, Iršai, Janárčeková, Kako, Kmiťová, Koňakovská, Krajči, Kroupová, Lejava, Machajdík, Matej, Maščáková, Milakovič, Moyzes A., Némethová, Novosedlíková, Papanetzová, Parík, Pepucha, Piaček, Podprocký, Remeň, Sixta, Suchoň, Szeghy, Tóth, Vajó, Zagar, Zavarský, Zeljenka, Zimmermann Anton (18th Century)
Arr-op.1 V.Bellini: Recitativo e Canzonetta di Jullietta for chamber orchestra (2008)
Arr-op.2 I.Zeljenka: Concertino for clarinet and strings for clarinet and piano (2009-10)
Arr-op.3 Ilja Zeljenka: Fanfares II a III for brass quintet (2010)
Arr-op.4 Giann Carlo Menotti: Amelia al ballo for chamber orchestra (score only as retouch marks in printed original score) (2012)
Arr-op.5 Igor Stravinsky: Greeting prelude for ensemble (14 players) (2013)
Arr-op.6 Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka op.114 – opera (version for chamber orchestra) (2014, ca.150´)
Arr-op.7 W.A.Mozart: Soave sia il vento; Ah perdona a primo affetto for 3 bassett-horns (2014, 3´ and 3´)
Arr-op.8 Solo for Raffaela (from ballet Bayadére of Ludwig Minkus) for small orchestra (2015)
Arr-op.9 „O Mensch! Gib Acht!“ by Gustav Mahler (Symphony no.3, movement 4) for voice and ensemble (15 players) (2015)
Arr.-op.10 „The Hoffmann´s Tale” – theatrical spectacle (on J.Offenbach´s opera) for singer, speaker ad lib., speaking conductor and small ensemble with live electronics (2015, ca.60´)
Arr.-op.11 Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre for small ensemble (fl,cl,pn,vn,vc,db) (2016, 7:30)
Arr.-op.12 Paul Dukas: L´Apprenti sorcier for small ensemble (fl,cl,pn,vn,vc,db) (2016, 11´)
Arr.-op.13 P.I.Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – suite for puppet theatre for small ensemble (fl, cl, pn, vn, va, vc, db) (2016, ca.30´)
Arr.-op.14 H.Wolf: Das Verlassene Mägdlein – 3 versions: for orchestra, for large ensemble, for small ensemble (2016-17, ca.5´each)
Arr.-op.15 GET AMERICAN – suite for 7 players (works by Ives, Gershwin, Cage, Feldman, Copland, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Martinu, Eisler, Korngold) (2017, 60´)
Arr.-op.16 G.Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino – opera (version for 11 players) (2017, ca.80´)
Arr.-op.17 “The Cunning Little Wixen Stories” – chamber operatic version of L. Janáček´s opera for 2 singers, actor and small ensemble (2018, ca.60´)
Arr.-op.18 Beethoven: Violin concerto op.61 for ensemble of 18 players (2019) in progress
Arr.-op.19 Bruch: Violin concerto no.2 for ensemble of 19 players (2019) in preparation
Arr.-op.20 Brahms: Violin concerto op.77 for ensemble of 20 players (2019) in preparation
