Juraj Tomka

He is currently the first violinist of the Mucha Quartet and primarily focuses on chamber music. In the past, he has also performed in the International Youth Symphony Orchestra, Bremen (dir. Heiner Buhlmann), the Wiener Jeunesse Orchester, Vienna (dir. Herbert Böck), the European Union Youth Orchestra (dir. Vladimir Ashkenazy), was a member of the Slovak Philharmonic, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Capella Istropolitana chamber orchestra, Spira mirabilis, the Slovak Quartet and the Istropolis Piano Trio.

As a soloist, Juraj Tomka has performed with several ensembles (Symphonic Orchestra of the Conservatory in Bratislava, Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts Bratislava, State Chamber Orchestra of Žilina, State Philharmonic of Košice, Moyzes Quartet, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts Baroque Ensemble, Baroque Chamber Orchestra, etc.). At the BHS 2013, he presented a solo recital entitled "Evening of Sonatas" (with pianist Maroš Klátik). The artistic collaboration between the two artists continues to this day, and in addition to a large number of concerts, they released a CD in 2020 entitled Pieces for Violin and Piano by the Hungarian violinist and composer Misko Hauser, originally from Pressburg.

Juraj Tomka's numerous artistic performances are currently mainly related to his work as the principal conductor of the Mucha Quartet, with which he won leading positions at prestigious foreign competitions and performed with him at concerts and festivals at home and abroad (Bratislava Music Festival, Prague Spring, recital at the Vienna Musikverein, Bordeaux String Quartet Festival, J. N. Hummel Chamber Days, Sunday Matinee at the Bratislava City Gallery, Albrechtina – (Un)known Music, chamber cycle of the Slovak Philharmonic, Confrontations, Music of the Blue, Divergences, etc.).

Juraj Tomka is a teacher at the Conservatory in Bratislava and an assistant professor at the Department of String and Wind Instruments of the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He is the editor of the new edition of the Methodology of Violin Playing by the prominent Slovak teacher Viliam Kořínek (published by Hudobné centrum, 2020).