Silvia Hroncová

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Silvia Hroncová
Silvia Hroncová
Minister of Culture
In office
15 May 2023 – 25 October 2023
Prime MinisterĽudovít Ódor
Preceded byNatália Milanová
Succeeded byMartina Šimkovičová
Personal details
Born
Silvia Baránová

(1964-07-22) 22 July 1964 (age 59)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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.