• 1951 – 1957

    elementary art school in Rimavská Sobota, violin department

  • 1954 – 1957

    secondary school in Rimavská Sobota; self-taught guitar playing, influenced by swing and jazz music

  • 1958 – 1960

    member of Peter Baník's Dance Ensemble (Banská Bystrica)

  • 1960

    school leaving examination, completing studies in building at the Industrial School in Banská Bystrica; self-taught saxophone playing

  • 1960 – 1962

    member of Laco Flámik Ensemble and Olejníček's Big Band in Žilina since 1963 has worked as an electrotechnician

  • 1963 – 1968

    member of the swing group Tibor Nagy Ensemble (Rimavská Sobota)

  • 1968

    member of Ivan Nagy Ensemble (I. Nagy – piano, trumpet; Š. Čeman – tenor saxophone, guitar; Róbert Strieš – percussion; Pavol Červenec – double bass, bass guitar, tuba; Vlado Malinovský – vocals) focused on swing, be-bop, jazz

  • 1969

    member of Ľubo Škrovina's Ensemble (Ľ. Škrovina – guitar; Š. Čeman – tenor saxophone; B. Matušek – piano; Jozef Karvaš – trumpet; Ján Velti – percussion; Eda Škrovinová – vocals)

  • 1969 – 1970

    member of the swing group Fred Riehs Ensemble (F. Riehs – piano, accordeon; Š. Čeman – tenor saxophone, guitar; Ján Bulla – trumpet, vocals; J. Kubiš – double bass; J. Velti – percussion)

  • 1970 – 1971

    member of New Born Name, which also performed as lead band at the 1st yearly competition Bystrica Bells

  • 1971 – 1973

    member of Dino Stolár Ensemble (D. Stolár – piano, synthesiser; Š. Čeman – tenor saxophone, guitar; Ján Gonda – trombone; Miroslav Boháč – trumpet; Štefan Kubiš – percussion; Pavol Červenec – double bass, bass guitar, tuba; Vlado Oravec – vocals)

  • 1974 – 1985

    musical break

  • 1985

    organised meetings of musicians in the SČSP Centre in Banská Bystrica, leading to the formation in the following year of the Swing Q ensemble (Š. Čeman – leader, tenor saxophone, guitar; Jozef Harvan – percussion; Hubert Paško – bass guitar; Pavol Bodnár – piano, Fender piano; Ján Bulla – trumpet, vocals); the band played at the so-called Jazz Thursdays in the Šalgotarián (alias Papuča) Cafe with guests Jana Koubková, Peter Lipa etc.

  • 1988 – 1989

    swing Thursdays in the Hotel Lux (Banská Bystrica)

  • 1994

    after a temporary break reformation of Swing Q, which performed until 1996 (Š. Čeman – tenor saxophone, guitar; R. Strieš – percussion; Róbert Ragan – double bass, bass guitar; Arnošt Wagner – piano, synthesiser; later Peter Solárik – percussion; Dáša Libiaková – vocals; Klaudio Kováč – piano)

  • since 1997

    he has performed as a freelance artist, in collaboration with: Vlado Vizár, Pavol Bodnár, Klaudio Kováč, Gabo Jonáš, Tomáš Gajlík, Andrej Šebo, Róbert Ragan, Jozef "Dodo" Šošoka, Peter Solárik, vocal trio Sweet Little Chicks (Zvolen); appeared at festivals in Slovakia and abroad (Poland, Denmark, Sweden)

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