When Big Music is Born : The Matúš Jakabčic CZ-SK Big Band and Young Talents Project Combining professional musicians and music students brings a unique dimension to the Slovak jazz scene. Playing in a classical big band almost entirely lacks presence in art schools due to the high demands of staffing wind and rhythm sections. […]
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Music as a Creative Experiment & Community Building SOUNDBOX was a three-day creative laboratory at ZUŠ Ruppeldta, where we traded standard notation for free experimentation at the ZUŠ Ruperta arts school. From July 1st to July 3rd, we focused on finding individual musical expression and the joy of creation, which is key to developing young
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AUDIO/DOWNLOAD A quartet of prominent Slovak musicians, known for their creation of original compositions set to the texts of poems by significant personalities of Slovak literature, is releasing its third album. This time, they chose Štúrovská poetry and invited interesting guests to collab Following the albums “Hviezdoslav – Sonety” (Musica Slovaca 2021, Radio Head Awards
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AUDIO/DOWNLOAD Searching for a common “heavyweight” sound between the bass trombone and the baritone saxophone,A long-term collaboration,A constant tension between strict harmonic structure and the freedom of free improvisation– this is the foundation of the project that Erik Rothenstein and Michal Motýľ present on their new original album. Beyond its strong jazz foundation, their work
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28.-29.8. Motýľ & Rothenstein. Heavy Weight Jazz Meeting LIVE – Piešťany, Bratislava 25.7. Rothenstein & Báleš Live Bon Bon Jazz Bar 1.-3.7. SOUNDBOX: Music Summer camp 29.6.2026 album release Motýľ & Rothenstein: Heavy Weight Jazz Meeting 23.6. 2026 album release František Báleš ansamble. The Entchanted Maiden on the Váh and Odd Johny 15.6.2026 album release
