SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
THE SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA was established in 1949. Two internationally reputed personalities, Václav Talich (1949 – 1952) and Ľudovít Rajter (1949 – 1976) stood at the orchestra’s birth. Other chief conductors who have played an important role in the orchestra’s musical evolution include Tibor Frešo, Ladislav Slovák, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Verbitsky, Bystrík Režucha, Aldo Ceccato, […]
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Tanaka Koichi, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules. After receiving a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Basel in 1964, Wüthrich took his postdoctoral training in Switzerland and […]
Garrett Reisman
Garret Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission was aboard the Space Shuttle […]
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, vast laser displays and fireworks. Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents and trained on the piano. From an early age, […]
Christopher Nolan
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s thought-provoking films, such as “Interstellar” and “Tenet,” ignited curiosity in scientific concepts. Nolan expressed his gratitude: “Thank you to STARMUS. The relationship between art and science is incredibly important, and in my work, I’ve taken pleasure in trying to communicate what I have learned about science from scientists and how truth […]