Juraj Henter

Construction Faculty of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, self-taught musician

member of amateur groups, playing jazz and popular music

member of the Bratislava University Graduate Orchestra

two months with the Gustav Brom Orchestra

played with the Ján Siváček Orchestra

the founding of a combo made up of members of the Siváček Orchestra (Juraj Henter, Jozef Jelšovský – trumpet, Karol Ondreička – guitar, J. Štefanovič – piano, Z. Eliška – bass guitar, J. Bauer – drums), which was the first group in Slovakia to specialise in modern jazz (be bop, cool jazz)

member of the Jaroslav Laifer Orchestra

participated in Braňo Hronec’s Bratislava Studio, oriented towards the mainstream style

member of Karol Ondreička’s Combo 4, with which he made a number of radio sessions

an orientation towards popular music; returned to jazz in the 1980s

performed in the Hudobné štúdio M television programme (dedicated to the former Bratislava Studio band)

Prize for Best Solo Performance at the Slovak Jazz Festival in Žilina (as a soloist for the M Quintet); member of the Bratislava Big Band

founded Evergreen-4, oriented towards swing (I. Ťažký – double bass, D. Henčiar – drums, Gabo Jonáš, Pavol Bodnár, Alois Bouda, Ján Hajnal – piano, Ria Hajnalová – vocals)

member of the Gustav Brom Orchestra (led by Vlado Valovič)

member of the Military Artistic Ensemble’s Big Band in Bratislava