Ladislav Martoník

became a member of the U Göbela wind orchestra in Košice at the age of six

member of the school wind orchestra at his primary school in Košice

Technical Art School in Bratislava

member of the Traditional Club

member of the Revival Jazz Band

participated in a trumpet competition in Vienna, where he was awarded a study scholarship in Graz (Austria)

Jazz Faculty of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz (Austria), studying the trumpet

shot dead in Košice by Warsaw Pact occupation forces

received the Ladislav Martoník Award in memoriam from the Slovak Jazz Society for Best Slovak Jazz Performer