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1954 – 1960
Conservatory in Bratislava (trumpet – Jozef Šnóbl)
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1960 – 1966
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Jozef Šnóbl)
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1976
study in Montreux (Switzerland)
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1959 – 1968
member of Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava (today Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)
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1968 – 1972
member of Opernorchester der Deutschen Oper am Rhein in Duisburg (Germany)
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1972 – 2004
member of Slovak Philharmonic
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1993 – 2000
co-founder and member of the ensemble Brass Quintet (Kamil Roško, Petr La Garde – trumpet, Ján Budzák – French horn, Hans Peter Hahn – trombone, Erwin J. Knopper – tuba)
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1968 – 1972
pedagogue at Musikschule in Duisburg and Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
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1981 – 1984
pedagogue at Conservatory in Bratislava
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since 1973
regular teaching at Academy of Performing Arts, since 1992 as assistant professor (here he incorporated piccolo trumpet as compulsory subject into school curricula)
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since 2000
pedagogue at Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
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2005
guest and pedagogical activities at Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon (France)
As a soloist he has co-performed with significant domestic and foreign ensembles (Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak Chamber Orchestra of Bohdan Warchal, State Philharmonic Košice, Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina, Camerata Slovacca, Cappella Istropolitana, Sinfonie Orchestra Duisburg, Radio Köln, Gürzenich Orchestra Köln, Opera Hamburg, Filharmonia Zagreb, Wiener Symphoniker).
His repertoire is dominated by the opuses of baroque masters (they also became the basis for the development of a methodology for teaching trumpet), and he premiered a lot of pieces by Slovak composers, including some solo trumpet compositions which were dedicated to him (e. g. from Ivan Parík). He recorded for radio and television. He was a member of juries of domestic and foreign competitions, and is long term member of ITG (The International Trumpet Guild).