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1968 – 1971
foreign engagement with Jerry Shejbal's band
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1971
regional competition of amateur composers performed by professionals, Orava syncopation, where she performed with the song Mojich sĺz sa nedočkáš by the composer Vlado Oravac and with the song Kadiaľ ísť by by the French composer Francis Lai
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1971 – 1973
performance in the Tatra revue, collaboration with the Juraj Velčovský Orchestra and with Josef Laufer and his group Golem
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1972 – 1974
collaboration with Karel Gott
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1975
collaboration with Nový Tradicionál
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1975
concert program Stretnutie, directed by Ján Roháč, script by the author duo Lasica - Satinský, musical accompaniment the band Pendulum (Juraj Lehotský, Dučan Húščava, František Karok, Stanislav Herko, Alois Bouda, Tomáš Seidman, Ivan Lieskovský and Josef Škvařil), vocalists (sisters Bezáková and Gabika Šusteková), the performance had over 200 reruns, thanks to the performance the ban on public speaking ended for the couple Lasica - Satinský
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1976
TV program Violin and cymbal, directed by Ján Roháč (the Gondolan brothers)
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1976
representation at foreign festivals (at the Golden Orpheus in Bulgaria, in Sopot, Poland, in Split, Ljubljana and in Dresden)
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1977
cooperation with the group Prognóza
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1978
the Podoby program (members e.g. Ľubomír Stankovský, Emil Frátrik, Ľudovít Nosko and later Oto Meluzín), with percussionist and artistic director Jozef Škvařil
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1978 - 1980
collaboration with Pavol Daněk and Dežo Ursiny
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1980 - 1984
performing at festivals in Villach, Austria, Castlebar, Ireland, in Varadero, Cuba and she also gave concerts in clubs after USA
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1984 - 1986
concerts in Czechoslovakia with the program V prítmí (with the group Pendulum)
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1985
collaboration with German producer German Weiss, recording a song for West German television from
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1990
return to the jazz and spiritual genre (collaboration with TR Band, Gustav Brom Orchestra, Emil Viklický, Gabriel Jonáš, Traditional Jazz Band, Juraj Hort, The Gospel Family and others)
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2000
performance at a jazz festival in Denmark with Traditional Jazz Band Lučenec
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2008
collaboration with Bratislava multi-instrumentalist Tomáš Rédey
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2009
concert with Art Music Orchestra from Červeník
Jana Kociánová, a blues, jazz and gospel singer, started her singing career at the age of 21 after winning the television competition O zlatú kameru. Since her parents were not very supportive of her artistic career at first, after graduation she began studying at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Comenius University in Bratislava and at the Faculty of Pedagogy.
After an engagement in Germany, she returned to Slovak stages with the well-known hit Zahoď starosti. Subsequently, she received invitations to radio, television and recording studios. The drummer Josef Škvařil, with whom she lived together for twenty years before they got married, had a significant influence on her life and career. Jana performed in the legendary Bratislava Tatrarevue, performed in Karel Gott's programs and later had her own music program. She also appeared in the movie fairy tale Good for nothing – the bravest knight (1982).
Jana Kociánová was not only a frequent guest of television programs, but during her career she also released sixteen long-playing records with her greatest hits. They also brought her success at international competitions, for example in Dresden, Germany, or at the festival in Villach, Austria.