Michal Novinski (1971, Žilina, Slovak Republic) is a Slovak composer. He has composed music for dozens of theatre plays, films and television productions in Slovakia and abroad. He has already received several important awards for his work. In 2010, he was the only Slovak to win the Czech Lion award for the music to the film by the Oscar-winning director Jan Svěrák, KUKY SA VRACIA (KOOKY’S RETURN). In 2009, he received the most prestigious Slovak film award, the Sun in the Net, for his first ever work for a feature film, the original music for Jiří Chlumský's BROKEN PROMISE. He is the author of the music for most of the films of the successful Slovak documentary filmmaker Pavel Barabáš. For his work for theatre, he has won a total of three DOSKY Awards for best incidental music. He regularly composes music for performances of the Slovak National Theatre and the National Theatre in Prague.

 

Novinský's works include the original music for the award-winning film IN THE SHADOW (direction David Ondříček, 2012), which he wrote with his long-time collaborator Jan P. Muchow and they jointly won the Czech Lion and Czech Film Critics' Awards, as well as the Slovak National Film Award, the Sun in the Net for the film.

 

He is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), the Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA) and the Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA).

 

Award for the best film music for the film WILSONOV directed by Tomáš Mašín

 

Nominated for two films:

Award for the best film music for the film ANGELS directed by Alice Nellis

Award for the best film music for the film THREE BROTHERS directed by Jan Svěrák; co-writer of the music: Jaroslav Uhlíř

 

Slovak Film and Television Academy Award for the best original film music for the film IN THE SHADOW directed by David Ondríček; co-writer of the music: Jan P. Muchow

 

Award for the best film music for the film IN THE SHADOW directed by David Ondríček; co-writer of the music: Jan P. Muchow

 

Award for the best film music for the film IN THE SHADOW directed by David Ondríček; co-writer of the music: Jan P. Muchow

 

Award for successful presentation of Slovak film art abroad

 

Award for the best film music for the film KOOKY’S RETURN directed by Jan Svěrák

 

Slovak Film and Television Academy Award for the best original film music for the film BROKEN PROMISE directed by Jiří Chlumský

 

The award for the best incidental music of the season for the production of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's play IVANOV, direction Roman Polák; Slovak Chamber Theatre in Martin

 

The award for the best incidental music of the season for the production of Misha Kováč-Adamov/Daniel Pastirčák's THE PLAY ABOUT SAINT DOROTA, direction Juraj Nvota; SND Drama Theatre, Bratislava

 

The award for the best incidental music of the season for the production of Ödön von Horváth's play THE TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, direction Juraj Nvota; Astorka Korzo '90 Theatre

 

Award for the best incidental music for the production CYRANO direction Roman Polák (co-author of the music: Peter Mankovecký), Astorka Korzo´90 Theatre

 

- FREEDOM UNDER THE LOAD, direction Pavol Barabáš, documentary, SK 2016

- Composers: Michal Novinski, Martin Barabáš

- THE TEACHER, direction Jan Hřebejka, feature film, SK-CZ 2016

- World première: Karlovy Vary IFF 2016 (Main Competition)

- 5. OCTOBER, direction Martin Kollar, documentary, SK-CZ 2016

- World première: Rotterdam IFF 2016

- ACTOR, direction Peter Kerekes, TV documentary, SK 2015

- WILSONOV, direction Tomáš Mašín, feature film, SK-CZ 2015

- WAVE VS. SHORE, direction Martin Štrba, feature-length documentary, SK-CZ 2014

- THREE BROTHERS, direction Jan Svěrák, long feature film, CZ-DK 2014 - Co-writer of music: Jaroslav Uhlíř

- ANGELS, direction Alice Nellis, long feature film, Czech Republic 2014

- IN THE SHADOW, direction David Ondříček, long feature film, CZ-SK-GER-PL 2012

- Co-writer of music: John P. Muchow

- Czech nominee for OSCAR Awards 2012, Czech Lion for the Best Original Music 2012, Czech Film Critics' Award for the Best Original Music 2012

- YUKI ONNA, direction Jiří Barta, short animated film, Czech Republic-Japan 2012

- TIGERS IN THE CITY, direction Juraj Krasnohorský, long feature film, SK-CZ 2012

- TROU DE FER - IRON HOLE direction Pavol Barabáš, documentary, SR 2011

- KOOKY'S RETURN direction Jan Svěrák, long animated film, Czech Republic 2010 - Czech Film and Television Academy Award CZECH LION 2010 for the best film music

- BROKEN PROMISE direction Jiří Chlumský, long feature film, Slovak Republic-Czech Republic-USA 2009

- Slovak candidate for OSCAR 2010

- Slovak Film and Television Academy Award SUN IN THE NET 2009 for the best original film music; nominated for the TATRA BANKA Award for the best film music

- CARSTENSZ - THE SEVENTH MOUNTAIN direction Pavol Barabáš, documentary, SR 2008

- THE UNKNOWN ANTARCTICA direction Pavol Barabáš, documentary film, SR 2007

- PURURAMBO direction Pavol Barabáš, documentary, SR 2005

 

• W. Shakespeare: THE WINTER'S TALE. PSYCHOTHRILLER WITH A HAPPY ENDING, direction Ondrej Spišák, Dejvice Theatre, Prague, CZ 2015

- M. Bulgakov: MASTER AND MARGARET, direction Michal Dočekal, Vígszínház Theatre, Budapest, HU 2014

- Tadeusz Różewicz: WHITE MARRIAGE, direction Joanna Zdrada, Polish Theatre, Bielko-Biala, PL 2013

- Eva Borusovičová: 69 THINGS BETTER THAN SEX, direction Eva Borušovičová, Studio L+S, Bratislava, SK 2013

- B. Brecht: THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN direction Michal Dočekal, Vígszínház Theatre, Budapest, HU 2012 - musical arrangement and composed music

- P. Zelenka: ENDANGERED SPECIES direction Petr Zelenka, National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic 2011

- L. Tolstoy: ANNA KARENINA direction Roman Polák, Slovak National Theatre SND, Bratislava SK 2009 - Nomination for the DOSKY Award '09 for the best incidental music of the season

- A. Chekhov: THREE SISTERS direction Roman Polák, Slovak National Theatre SND, Bratislava, SK 2008

- K. Čapek: R.U.R. direction Ondrej Spišák, Slovak National Theatre SND, Bratislava, SK 2007

- N. Gogol: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR direction Michal Dočekal, National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic 2006

- A. Chekhov: IVANOV direction Roman Polák, Slovak Chamber Theatre, Martin, SK 2006 - Award for the best incidental music of the season DOSKY '06

- Shakespeare: RICHARD III direction Michal Dočekal, National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic 2006 - Co-writer of music: John P. Muchow

- Mišo Kováč Adamov, Daniel Pastirčák: THE PLAY ABOUT SAINT DOROTHY, direction Juraj Nvota, Drama Theatre of the Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, SK 2004 - Award for the best incidental music of the season DOSKY AWARD '04

- Ödon von Horváth: TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, direction Juraj Nvota, Astorka Korzo Theatre '90, Bratislava, SK 1999 - Award for the best incidental music of the season DOSKY AWARD '99

 

- "WATCHING BLACK" collaboration with Jan P. Muchow on the album of the music band The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa (2006)

- "MIKROKOSMOS" collaboration with the band Kryštof on the album (2004) - album awarded with the prize: ANGEL 2005 - Album of the Year