Mgr. art. Ľubica Čekovská, ArtD.

Ľubica Čekovská sa narodila v roku 1975 v Humennom. V roku 1998 absolvovala s vyznamenaním Vysokú školu múzických umení v odbore teória hudby. Počas štúdia na vysokej škole študovala aj kompozíciu u profesora Dušana Martinčeka. V štúdiu pokračovala v postgraduálnom štúdiu kompozície na Royal Academy of Music (RAM) v Londýne u profesora Paula Pattersona.

• Arcadia
  for solo oboe written for 200th Anniversary of Royal Academy of Music
  Premiere 20.5.2022
• A Midsummer Quartet
  
• Palingenia
  for large orchestra 20′ PUBLISHER: Bärenreiter
• Nachtigalls Frühlingslied
  for four cellos, SCORING: 4vc, First performance in Slovakia, 18 Jun 2014, Divergencie
• Evenodd
  PERFORMERS: Istropolis Quintet
• Four Movements for Piano
• Dorian Gray Suite
  PERFORMERS: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mario Košik (dir.)
• Theatre Music
  for string orchestra
• Duo concertante
  for violin and piano
• Old Town Crime Tales
  DIRECTED BY: Jan Sebechlebský
• Dorian Gray
  Opera in three acts
• Stanislav Štepka: Blackout
  DIRECTED BY: Ondrej Spišák, First performance in Slovakia: 6 Nov 2009, SK
• Concert for Violin and Orchestra
• Sonata Tensiona
  for piano, 10
  Musica Homonensis
• Stanislav Štepka: Some like it Slovak
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota, First performance in Slovakia: 7 Nov 2008, SK
• famisi
  for piano, 4–5′
• LaSiFaDo
  for piano, 3′ 48”
• Lux in Tenebris
  for trumpet and organ, 10′ 41”, PUBLISHER: Bärenreiter, SCORING: tr, org
• Stanislav Štepka: Great Illusions
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota, First performance in Slovakia: 14 Dec 2007, SK
• Táňa Kusá: With mother
  DIRECTED BY: Roman Polák, First performance in Slovakia: 8 Jun 2007, SK
• William Shakespeare: Othello
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota, First performance in Slovakia: 20 Sep 2007, SK
• In Conversation
  for violoncello and bayan
• Interrupted Line
  for 11 players
• Roman Polák: Centaurs
  DIRECTED BY: Roman Polák, First performance in Slovakia: 15 Dec 2006, SK
• As Time Goes By
  common composition of the composers: Ľubica Čekovská, Marius Baranauskas,
• Movements:
  Aria of Exhaustion for trumpet and bassbaritone solo voice (4–5′), Polyphone Utopie for solo bass baritone (8–9′)
• Shadow Scale
  for orchestra, 10′
• Postludium
  for chamber ensemble, 4′ 34”
• Adorations
  for large symphony orchestra, 14′
• Kuckucks Winterlied
  for four cellos, 10′
• Hermann Ungar: The Arbour
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota, Prvé uvedenie v zahraničí: 11 Nov 2003, CZ
• Concerto (Two portraits)
  for piano and orchestra, 17′
• Movements:
  I. (10′), II. (7′)
• Robert Thomas: Eight Women
  (coauthor of music), DIRECTED BY: Roman Polák, First performance in Slovakia: 16 May 2003, SK
• The Song
  for cello and piano, SCORING: vc, pf, First performance in Slovakia: 30 Nov 2002, SK
  PERFORMERS: Jozef Podhoranský (vc), Marián Lapšanský (pf)
• Six songs for soprano and piano
  SCORING: s, pf, Movements: Autumn Song, A Sonnet of the Moon, Dance, The Dying Day, The Storm Wind, At Day-Close in November
  First performance in Slovakia: 30 Nov 2002, Congress Hall, Piešťany, SK, PERFORMERS: Lenka Brázdilíková (s), Mária Heinzová (pf)
• Cruel Pleasures
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota
• Dialogues
  SCORING: tn, pf
• Today is my first date
  DIRECTED BY: Boris Šima
• Miss Lonelyhearts
  DIRECTED BY: Juraj Nvota
• Turbulence Op. 11
  for orchestra
• Piece for String Orchestra Op. 7
  10′, SCORING: archi,
• Arctic Descent Op. 8,
  for 12 woodwinds, 8′
• On First Looking into Chapmans Homer Op. 6
  7′ 30”
• Fragment and Elegies
  for string orchestra
• Fragment and Elegies Op. 4
  for solo accordion, 9′
• One Minute for solo Trombone
• Composition for Trumpet and Piano Op. 2
  12′
• Dark Op. 5
  for oboe and piano
• Brown’s Motion Op.3
• At Day-Close in November Op. 9
• Der Tod und das Mädchen Op.10
• Close Harmony
• Five Miniatures for Piano Op. 1
• True lovers
  DIRECTED BY: M. Homolová

K cenám a oceneniam patria Cuthbert Nunn Composition Prize of the Royal Academy of Music (1998) za skladbu Fragment a elégia pre sólo bajan, Lewerhulme Award (1999) Elsie Owen Prize (1999) od Royal Academy of Music a Štipendium ISH od jej veličenstva kráľovnej Alžbety, kráľovnej matky (1998-2000). V roku 2006 je  Hudobný fond udelil Cenu Jána Levoslava Bellu za dielo Piano Concerto. Nedávno bola ocenená cenou Nadácie Tatrabanky 2013 za dielo Štyri časti pre klavír, alebo cena SOZA 2011-2012 za medzinárodné predvenie slovenských skladieb. Tiež je autorkou scénickej hudby pre rôzne slovenské ačeské divadlá, ako aj filmovej hudby. Jej kompozície boli vydané na niekoľkých CD nosičoch na slovensku vrátane jej profilového CD „Passing Impresions“ (Hevhetia. V rokoch 2008 – 2018 bola členkou umeleckej rady hudobného prestížneho festivalu Pražská Jar.

V augute 2020 mala na festivale v Bregenzi premiéru jej druhá opera – buffa „Impresario Dotcom“

Za operu „Impresario Dotcom“, dostala v roku 2020 cenu Krištálové krídlo

6. júla 2021 dostala cenu ministerky kultúry za rok 2020.