• 1945 – 1953

    secondary grammar school in Bratislava

  • 1945 – 1946

    private lessons in piano with E. Križan

  • 1946 – 1953

    private lessons in piano with Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky

  • 1952 – 1953

    private lessons in conducting with Ľudovít Rajter

  • 1953 – 1955 and 1958

    Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava (conducting – Ľudovít Rajter)

  • 1955 – 1958

    studies at Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig (conducting – F. Jung, H. Rögner)

  • 1958 – 1959

    assistant conductor-in-chief of the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava

  • 1962

    second conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava

  • 1968 – 1981 and 1993 – 1995

    chief conductor of the State Philharmonic Košice, present during its establishment

  • 1984 – 1989

    chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic

  • from 1978

    teaching activity at the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava

  • from 1982

    guest Professor at Michigan University in Massachusetts (USA)

Bystrík Režucha has made guest appearances with symphony orchestras not only in Slovakia but also abroad – in Europe, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Japan, Korea, Sigapore... His career with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Slovak Philharmonic saw the production of numerous vinyl and CD recordings for the record companies OPUS, SUPRAPHON and Naxos.

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