Concerts: Gordon Monahan (CA) – Speaker Swinging and Alvin Lucier (US) – I Am Sitting in a Room, from the series pssst: Between Air and Electricity
Master designers of musical instruments have for centuries attempted to unite two functions—interface and resonator—in perfect harmony within a single object. In the world of acoustic music, keys, strings, and the bow serve as the control interface, while the soundboard amplifies the sound and allows it to be clearly heard. A violinist, pianist, or trumpeter […]
pssst: Vojtěch Šembera / Kurt Schwitters (CZ/DE), Michal Matejka & Štefan Szabó (SK), Matej Sloboda (SK)
We invite you to the first edition of the concert event series pssst, curated by Združenie ooo as part of Trenčín 2026. pssst is a series of concert events dedicated to contemporary and experimental music performed by artists who relentlessly explore the peripheries of musical thinking. We live in an era of the greatest musical, […]
The Piano, Three Ways
Three world-renowned works in Trenčín reveal pivotal shifts in 20th-century music From 25 to 27 September, Trenčín will host three radically different approaches to the piano – and, in fact, three entirely different manifestations of the instrument we know by that single name. As part of its acoustic series úúú and pssst, the ooo association […]
Yuri Suzuki: Trnkafon
We invite you to the unveiling of Trnkafon, an artwork by Japanese artist Yuri Suzuki. The name Trnkafon combines the words trnka and fon – a reference to sound and voice. Trnka, the Slovak word associated with the blackthorn plant, is also linked to one of the proposed etymological origins of the name Trenčín. The […]
Charlotte Koch
Charlotte Koch aka CHAPAUKO is a writer and musician based in Berlin, originally from Mainz. She studied music production at SRH Berlin University and has been writing and producing her own music for the past ten years. After a busy summer touring across Germany with her band Scampi, she is now coming to Trenčín to […]
Cultural Evenings at Župný dom: We Had a Falcon. A Tribute to Štefánik (National Theatre Banská Bystrica)
We Had a Falcon. A Tribute to Štefánik A Literary and Musical Composition in Honour of Milan Rastislav Štefánik The poetic programme We Had a Falcon offers an artistic remembrance of one of the most prominent figures in Slovak history, as well as a man whose life represented Slovakia as a natural part of Europe. […]
Cultural Evenings at Župný dom: Trenčín Choir
The Trenčín Choir was established in 1980 through the merger of two Trenčín choirs – a teachers’ choir and a workers’ choir – thus continuing the city’s rich tradition of choral singing. For more than four decades, the choir has brought the joy of making music together to concert halls, churches, public spaces and festival […]
DIS IS MARKĒTA
The September series of Cultural Evenings in the Atrium of Župný dom will conclude with a concert by DIS IS MARKĒTA, a band that brings an original fusion of folk inspirations and contemporary sound. Spirited vocals, captivating folk melodies and a contemporary sound at the crossroads of world music, folk, electronica, ambient and classical music. […]
Sing Along!
Come and join more than a hundred other people from Trenčín in singing popular Slovak and international songs. Sing Along! is a new type of event created by the audience itself. We all sing together – with no sheet music, no preparation and no stress. The playlist is always a secret, and our singers find […]
Kampelen Biomatic Orchestra: Sunday Cabaret
A music-and-spoken-word programme by Kempelen Biomatic Orchestra, inspired by the atmosphere of cafés and cabarets from the first half of the twentieth century. Songs from this period, presented in dynamic original arrangements by bandleader Roman Peták, will be performed in the languages of Mitteleuropa. The spoken-word part of the programme features readings from period literature, […]
prelož: Kampelen Biomatic Orchestra: Kabaret Nedeľa Kampelen Biomatic Orchestra: Sunday Cabaret
A music-and-spoken-word programme by Kempelen Biomatic Orchestra, inspired by the atmosphere of cafés and cabarets from the first half of the twentieth century. Songs from this period, presented in dynamic original arrangements by bandleader Roman Peták, will be performed in the languages of Mitteleuropa. The spoken-word part of the programme features readings from period literature, […]
Just Dance II
The first time, we simply danced together in Trenčianske Teplice. Spa guests, local residents, and visitors to the region came together – some with dance experience, others with none at all. What connected them was movement, music, and the desire to try something new. Now we continue in Trenčín. About the Dance Course Just Dance […]
Summer Romance Under the Stars
The civic association UMENIE NÁS SPÁJA, based in Veľké Uherce and affiliated with Ars Akademy Private Elementary School of Arts, is organising the 3rd annual grand concert of classical and jazz music in the courtyard of the Thonet family manor house in Veľké Uherce. CONCERT PROGRAMME HERE: https://www.arsakademy.sk/…/letna-romantika-pod-hviezdami YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL ALL THE […]
International exhibition Glocal Equality and Hospitality (Invalidated Ideas?) opens in Trenčín
Glocal Equality and Hospitality (Invalidated Ideas?) is a major group exhibition opening on August 7, 2026, at the newly renovated County House (Župný dom) in Trenčín as part of the Trenčín 2026 – European Capital of Culture programme. Bringing together internationally recognised artists and collectives, the exhibition reflects on urgent and interconnected glocal challenges — […]
Presentation of the Restored Alluvium
Workout area, climbing walls, a playground, a fire pit, public art, a natural alluvial habitat, and a wildflower meadow – you’ll find all of this in the revitalised Orechovský Stream Alluvium. Come and discover it on Thursday, 30 July 2026, from 5:00 PM. Programme: 5:00 PM | Opening 5:30–5:45 PM | Live music – […]