• 1987 – 1990

    Bratislava Conservatory, studying the clarinet under Jozef Luptáčik

  • 1990 – 1993

    Bratislava Conservatory, studying the saxophone under Dušan Húščava

  • 1988 – 1993

    member of the Bratislava Conservatory Big Band

  • 1991 – 1993

    member of the group Bossa Noha, oriented towards fusion music

  • 1991 – 1994

    member of the Radio Bratislava Big Band (which performed at the Slovak Jazz Review of Bratislava Jazz Days ‘92)

  • 1992

    performed at the International Jazz Festival in Přerov, and at other festivals in Prešov, Bardejov, and Karlový Vary (with Bossa Noha)

  • 1994

    member of the Pavol Zajaček Orchestra

  • 1997

    performed in a line-up of Dušan Húščava’s students at Zichyho palác (Bratislava) entitled Saxophone Soirée (Pavol Ruček, Erik Rothenstein, Vladimír Valentovič, J. Baláž)

  • from 1997

    member of the Military Artistic Ensemble

  • 1999

    a tour of Germany with the group Eurostudio Landgraf

  • 1999

    founded his own mainstream formation, the Jazzovod Combo (Martin Breznický – keyboard instruments, Anton Jaro – bass guitar, Milan Ruček – drums, Pavol Ruček – saxophone)

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