Project and production management
I turn ideas into plans, teams, schedules and decision making systems. I coordinate partners, artists, suppliers and the practical delivery.
Palace of Art presents
Ing. PeterDombrovský“Engineer of Art”
I understand scores and budgets. I connect artistic intuition, production discipline, visual thinking and business into projects that can be not only imagined, but delivered.
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ART × LOGIC × COURAGEPROJECTS✦MUSIC✦IMAGE✦PRODUCTION✦BUSINESS✦STAGE✦CAMERA✦
01 Identity
I do not search for the boundary between art and systems. I build bridges between them.
“Gain experience, find the connections between it and apply them in the future.”
I am a trained arts manager and music dramaturge. Since 2018, I have led Palace of Art, launching and coordinating cultural, educational, marketing and technology projects. My natural position is between the idea and its delivery, where the creative intention needs to be understood, a system built, people connected and the project brought to its audience or market.
2018Palace of Art
2×university disciplines
4connected creative worlds
1system for every idea
02 Operating profile
Four worlds.
One way of thinking.
Rather than one narrow profession, I bring together capabilities that strengthen one another in creative projects.
Dramaturgy and musical thinking
I read scores and context. As a dramaturge and violist, I understand the inner logic of a work, the rhythm of collaboration and ensemble practice.
Identity and visual communication
I create logos, visual systems, communication materials, presentations and digital outputs that give ideas a recognisable face.
Business and representation
I connect projects with clients, partners and markets. I seek the business model, articulate value and turn good contacts into lasting relationships.
03 Selected experience
From the first sketch
to the final applause.
Palace of Art
Managing director and project manager of a creative, arts and production company. Cultural, educational, marketing and technology projects, team coordination, visual communication, business and production.
Nedaj sa, hovor o tom!
Coauthor and producer of an educational prevention project for primary and secondary schools. Performances, booking, grants, partnerships, production and media communication.
Virtualdom / digital projects
Project and business management, partner communication and development of technology solutions using augmented and virtual reality.
National Theatre Košice
Secretary to the General Director: organisational support for senior management, communication coordination and internal processes within a cultural institution.
Angry Birds on Ice
Production management for a family circus show on ice. Communication with artists, technical teams and suppliers, event logistics and on site problem solving.
Behind the ice, lights and characters was a live production system.
Peter Dombrovský at work as production manager for the family circus show on ice.
Faculty of Public Administration, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Marketing officer, founder and manager of the faculty’s social media channels, internal graphic designer, photographer and camera operator.
Stage, festivals and education
Theatrica, Orfeus, Musica Florea, Viva Musica! and Academy projects, production, stage management, assistant directing, fundraising and audience work.
A powerful subject needs
a strong team.
This educational prevention project is built by people who can address sensitive subjects clearly, authentically and without moralising.
From left: Peter Dombrovský, coauthor and producerIveta Karičková, actorDeputy head and headteacher of the awarded schoolDominik Dupľák, coauthor and presenterTadeáš Gecík, actor
Edevart Orchestra / viola04 Musical DNA
A score is
a project plan.
Music taught me to listen to the whole and to every individual voice. Playing the viola, studying dramaturgy and working with opera and festivals shaped the way I manage projects: knowing when to lead, when to support and when to let the right voice be heard.
instruments viola / electro acoustic mandolinexpertise music dramaturgypractice orchestra / opera / festival
2015 TO 2017 / JAM BANDITMandolin,
Mandolin,
amplified.
Jam Bandit was an electro funk, alternative punk band in which I played electro acoustic mandolin. Live performance, shared rhythm and the energy of playing together, another experience where the result depends on listening to others and precise timing.
05 Personal archive
Experience you
cannot plan.
Professional projects, stage, music, university and even a construction site in Chicago. Every environment taught me a different way of working with people, systems and responsibility.
Commercial shoot
Behind the scenes of a production featuring Marián Čekovský and Veronika Husovská.
Assistant delegate in Tuscany
The University of the Third Age; the Apennine Colossus in the Medici Park of Pratolino.
Windows, heights and craft precision
Installing windows on construction sites for Superior Windows & Doors, an experience where the result had to fit, quite literally, to the millimetre.
Direction, stage and Pontifex Maximus
Assistant director, stage manager and extra as a Roman high priest. The Baroque coronation opera returned to the Czech stage after 292 years.
EPILOGUE / MOMENTSMemorable encounters, lectures
Memorable encounters, lectures
and feature stories.
06 On camera and on set
Sometimes I run the production.
Sometimes I am part of the image.
Working in front of the camera has given me a practical view of a film set from the other side. Extra and acting work in international productions, television, student films and advertising is another layer in how I understand image, rhythm and teamwork.
2014 / FILM / LEAD ROLE
Kopce ako biele slony
Student film directed by Daniel Rihák.
FILM / EXTRA
Mission: Impossible 4
FILM / EXTRA
Der Mann mit dem Fagott
TV PRODUCTION / EXTRA
Filming for HBO
ADVERTISING / APPEARANCE
CHILL
Beer commercial, experience in front of the camera, from the first take to the final edit.
07 Two schools of thought
Management gives direction.
Art gives meaning.
PRAGUE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS / ING. / 2017
Arts Management
Faculty of Business Administration. Minor specialisation: Multimedia Communication.
ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS, BRATISLAVA / BC. / 2014
Dramaturgy and Management of Music
Faculty of Music and Dance, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
Experience is not a collection of items. Its value begins when we discover the connections between them.
08 Endurance
A half marathon is not won
in the first kilometre.
Running reminds me that energy, pace and decisions have to be managed across the whole course. I run half marathons because they test discipline and the ability to respond when the plan stops feeling comfortable. In sport and in projects, it matters not to burn too much energy at the start, to pace yourself wisely and to reach the finish successfully.
Pace yourself. Stay on course. Reach the finish.09 Contact