The Slovak Philharmonic Choir is a prominent representative of the Slovak cultural scene. It entered musical life in 1946 as the Bratislava Radio Mixed Choir, led by its founder Ladislav Slovák. In 1955, Jan Maria Dobrodinský took over the direction of the choir, whose more than 20 years of activity contributed in no small measure to the profiling and artistic advancement of the choir, which was incorporated into the Association of Orchestras of the Slovak Philharmonic under its current name in 1957. In 1976, Valentin Iljin took over the position of choirmaster. Lubomír Mátl, Štefan Klimo, Pavel Baxa, Pavol Procházka, Marián Vach, Jan Rozehnal, Blanka Juhaňáková and Jozef Chabroň also contributed to the further development of the choir's level of interpretation. Since the 2023/2024 season, the choir has once again been conducted by Jan Rozehnal. In the more than 70 years of its intensive artistic activity, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir has grown into an ensemble with special qualities. Today, it is one of the best European vocal ensembles of its kind. Its unique technical level, the sophistication of its expression, the ideal tonal balance of the vocal groups, but also the enthusiasm, reliability and exemplary artistic discipline of the singers translate into masterful performances full of creative power, which have been praised by many renowned conductors who have worked with the choir. Among them are such well-known names as Claudio Abbado, Gerd Albrecht, Serge Baudo, Bertrand de Billy, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Riccardo Chailly, James Conlon, Dean Dixon, Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimír Fedosejev, János Ferencsik, Daniele Gatti, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Zdeněk Košler, Ondrej Lenárd, Alain Lombard, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Zdeněk Mácal, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Marc Minkowski, Antonio Pedrotti, Libor Pešek, Kirill Petrenko, Karl Richter, Peter Schreier, Pinchas Steinberg, Hans Swarowsky, Václav Talich, Emmanuelle Villaume, Sebastian Weigle and Ralph Weikert. In addition to its regular activities in its home country, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir undertakes several tours abroad every year, which have so far taken it to almost all European countries as well as Japan, Morocco, Turkey and Israel.The choir has worked with internationally renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Paris and has contributed to the success of many important performances in music capitals such as Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, Munich, Edinburgh, Paris, Perugia, Madrid, Strasbourg and Athens. The extensive discography of the Slovak Philharmonic Choir includes numerous recordings for Slovak and foreign radio stations as well as for renowned record companies. The Slovak Philharmonic Choir is a winner of the Opera! Awards 2023 for its participation in the Queen of Spades production with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden and Berlin in 2022.