Silvia Hroncová

Silvia Hroncová (born 22 July 1964)[1] is a Slovak manager and publisher. Since 14 May 2023 she has served as the minister of culture of Slovakia.

Silvia Hroncová
Silvia Hroncová
Minister of Culture
Assumed office
15 May 2023
Prime MinisterĽudovít Ódor
Preceded byNatália Milanová
Personal details
Born
Silvia Baránová

(1964-07-22) 22 July 1964
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Hroncová, née Baránová was born on 22 July 1964 in Bratislava. She studied theatre and philosophy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and Comenius University.[2]

Following her graduation, she worked at the Theatre Institute in Bratislava. From 1999 to 2006 she was its director.[1] Additionally, she was the editor of the Divadlo v medzičase journal, published from 1996 to 1998, which covered the theatre scene in Slovakia.[1][3] Since 2002, she has been a member of the editorial board of a Czech theatre magazine Svět a divadlo.[4]

From 2009 and 2013 and again from 2018 to 2023 she was the content director of Film Europe Media Company SK & CZ, which airs European films in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and operates a Film Europe cinema in the Pistori Palace in Bratislava as well as the Edison Film Hubs in Prague and Bratislava.[5]

Form 2006 to 2009 she was the director of Slovak National Theatre (SND). During her tenure the new SND building was opened.[6] From 2013 to 2023 she was the Opera Director of the Czech National Theatre.[7]

On 14 May 2023, President Zuzana Čaputová installed Hroncová as the minister of culture in her technocratic government.[8][9]

References
  1. "Slovník divadelných kritkov a publicistov". Divadelný ústav. 2023.
  2. Silvia Baránová. In: "Osoby, ktoré získali titul na UK". Univerzita Komenského.
  3. "Divadlo v medzičase, nový časopis s tradíciou". SME. 1996-12-12. ISSN 1335-4418.
  4. "o nás". Svět a divadlo.
  5. "Film Europe". filmeurope.sk (in Slovak).
  6. "Silvia Hroncová". zachranmekulturu.sk (in Slovak).
  7. "Silvia Hroncová" (in Czech). National Theatre in Prague.
  8. "Prezidentka zverejnila úradnícku vládu. Najväčšie prekvapenie je minister hospodárstva Dovhun". N Press. 2023-05-12. ISSN 1339-844X.
  9. "Prezidentka zverejnila zoznam členov vlády odborníkov: Toto sú oni". TASR. 2023-05-12.
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