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Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies.
Faculties
- Film and TV School
The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague or FAMU is one of the oldest film schools in Europe. Located in Prague, Czech Republic, FAMU was founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
- FAMU
- Music Faculty - HAMU
- HAMU is a professional-level music school in Europe
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. Located in historical centre of PraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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, HAMU was founded in 1946 by President Eduard Beneš as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts.
- Theatre Faculty
The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – "A Dynamic Theatre School Offering a Wide Spectrum of Studies in Theatre Creation" - was founded immediately after the Second World War, emerging from the need to educate theatre artists and artistic personalities capable of...
- DAMU
Notable alumni
- Norodom Sihamoni
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, King of Cambodia
- Anda-Louise Bogza
Anda-Louise Bogzais a celebrated Romanian opera soprano. In 1994 she won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vienna International Singing Competition...
- Karel Fiala
Karel Fiala is a Czech operatic tenor and film actor. He initially worked as a chimney sweeper before entering the Prague Conservatory in 1947...
- Rajko Grlić
Rajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent...
- Hana Jonášová
Hana Jonášová is a Czech opera singer active in concerts, recitals, and operas. A coloratura soprano, she is currently a principal artist at the Prague State Opera...
- Jana Jonášová
Jana Jonášová is a Czech opera singer. One of the most important Czech coloratura sopranos of her generation, she has had an active international career at the world's major opera houses and concert stages for roughly four decades. As an opera singer she performed a varied repertoire from a...
- Naděžda Kniplová
Naděžda Kniplová is a Czech operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1980s. Kniplová possessed a large voice with a sonorous, metallic, dark timbre that was particularly well suited to the dramatic soprano repertoire...
- Emir Kusturica
Emir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...
- Ivan Romanoff
Ivan Romanoff was a Canadian conductor, violinist, arranger, and composer. For three decades he led the "Ivan Romanoff Orchestra and Chorus" on a variety of radio and television programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on commercial recordings, and in live concerts throughout North...
- Olivier Thouin
Olivier Thouin is a Canadian violinist. He has performed as a soloist with several leading symphony orchestras in Canada, including the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Les Violons du Roy, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra...
- Ludmila Vernerová
Ludmila Vernerová is a Czech operatic soprano and the niece of oboist Pavel Verner. After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she was a regular performer at the Prague Chamber Opera in the mid 1980s. In 1987 she joined the Prague National Theatre where she performed for 12...
- Simon Gjoni
Simon Gjoni was an Albanian composer of many popular pieces for piano and orchestra.-Life:Gjoni was born on October 28, 1925 in the city of Shkodër, Albania. He was educated in a rank and file urban family and graduated from the "Illyricum" High School of the city...
- Jan Švankmajer
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...
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