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1992 – 1998
State Conservatory in Bratislava, saxophone (Dušan Húščava)
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1992 – 1997
University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Foreign Trade
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1995 – 1998
founding member of Pressburger Klezmer Band
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1997 – 1998
cooperation with flamenco guitarist Flaco de Nerja
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1998 – 2004
Kunst Universität Graz (AT), jazz department (saxophone, arranging)
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1999 – 2009
Erik Rothenstein Band, concerts in Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia; festivals: Jazz Under The Castle (Trenčín, 2000), Bratislava Jazz Days (2005), Novi Sad Jazz Festival (2006), Jazz Goes To Town (Hradec Králové, CZ, 2006), Jazz Goes To Regions (2006, tour in Czech Republic), Jazznica (Banská Štiavnica, SK, 2009)
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2005 – 2006
member of Melos-Ethos Ensemble, jazz-flamenco group Flaco de Nerja Group, Hope Gospel Singers, Robo Opatovský's Swing And Latin Band
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2006
Universität für Musik und Angewante Kunst, Vienna (AT, saxophone)
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since 2007 NikiStein Jazz Sextet (together with saxopohonist Nikolaj Nikitin) – cycle of educative concerts Learn About Jazz!; member of Matúš Jakabčic CZ-SK Big Band
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2007 – 2009
member of Gustav Brom Orchestra
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2008 – 2009
Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica (saxophone, Alexander Stepanov)
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2012 – 2013
projects: The Fools Of Chelm; Erik Rothenstein Sextet; Ďurdina-Rothenstein REUNION
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2013
project Lento Ad Astra (with pianist Zita Slavíčková), cooperation with: Alexandra Schenk – v, Dragan Tabakovic – gui, Milan Nikolić – bgui, Andjelko Stupar – dr, Charlie Ratzer – gui, Juraj Bartoš, Milo Suchomel, Ľuboš Šrámek, Marián Ševčík, Juraj Kalász, Radovan Tariška
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During his studies he focused on mainstream jazz, drawing from the bebop tradition and the West Coast style. His compositions and arrangements are based on Jewish, Slovak and Balkan folklore songs, as well as on European classical music