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1945 – 1952
Bratislava Conservatory, studying the trumpet
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1947
founded the Bratislava University Students’ Dance Orchestra, in which he was involved until 1949
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1950 – 1957
reporter for Czechoslovak Radio
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1953
founder and conductor of the radio string orchestra
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1957
played jazz in Tatra revue (in a trio with J. Berczeller and F. Havlíček)
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1959
member of various amateur jazz groups
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1962 – 1963
member of Braňo Hronec’s group, Bratislava Studio
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1964
member of a quartet (Milan Belan – trumpet, Ladislav Gerhardt – piano, Gustáv Riška – bass guitar, Pavel Polanský – drums, leader)
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1963 – 1964
guested for Karol Velebný’s SHQ
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1965
music for the film Artisti (with his quartet)
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1965
engagements abroad
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1968
began living in Vienna, where he became a writer and editor for the Ö3 radio station
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from 1991
member of the jury at the Slovak Jazz Festival in Žilina, he was an editor and presenter for Radio Twist in Slovakia, for which he compiled the programme Pekná hudba (Nice Music)