Stanislav Petrik Composer

Slovak composer Stanislav Petrík (*1980) was born and raised in Bratislava, where he began taking accordion lessons at the age of ten. He continued his studies at the Music Conservatory in Bratislava. Later, he also studied percussion and piano. In 2007, he began to seriously study composition with Peter Machajdík. Since then, he has composed numerous chamber, orchestral and vocal works. Stanislav Petrík is a post-minimalist whose works draw on European and American musical traditions. His music is repetitive and resembles the minimalists. However, unlike the minimalists, he uses longer melodic patterns and more complex European harmonies. Stanislav Petrík is a laureate of national and international awards.