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1949 – 1959
11-year secondary school in Prešov
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1959 – 1961
post-secondary course – technical school for geodesists in Košice
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1956 – 1960
employment with the Prešov amateur theatre
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1962
relocation to Bratislava
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1962 – 1968
Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak High Technical School (graduated in 1968, engineer degree)
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1963 – 1966
member of the amateur band Struny (Strings)
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1967
singer of the band Istropolitana; co-founder of the formation Blues Five, with whom he appeared at the 2nd Czechoslovak beat festival in Prague
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1968 – 1970
editor in the Czechoslovak Radio (science and technology desk, later music programmes)
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1970 – 1971
member of Gustav Offremann Combo
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1973 – 1975
private classes of singing with Prof. František Tugendlieb
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1972 – 1977
member of the Revival Jazz Band
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since 1974
organiser and programme director of Bratislava Jazz Days
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1976 – 1978
post-graduate studies of journalism at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava
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since 1977
free-lance; founded the Peter Lipa Combo (P. Lipa – vocals, Peter Breiner – piano, Stano Herko – bass guitar, Cyril Zeleňák – drums), with whom he appeared at the BJD 1977
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1980 – 1986
Lipa – Andršt Blues Band (P. Lipa – vocals, Luboš Andršt – guitar, CZ)
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1985 – 1987
member of a duo with Peter Breiner (piano)
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1986 – 1995
member of a group focusing on traditional jazz T + R Band
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since 1989
president of the Slovak Jazz Society
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since 1992
lectures singing at Jazz workshops organised by the Slovak Jazz Society
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1997
participation at the Jazz Vocal Workshop in Bologna (IT); co-organiser of the Jazz Polička festival (since 1997, CZ)
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1997 – 1998
Lipa – Šeban Band (P. Lipa – vocals, Andrej Šeban – guitar, Juraj Tatár – keyboards, Martin Gašpar – bass guitar, Marcel Buntaj – drums), after departure of Andrej Šeban the band was renamed to Peter Lipa & Band (with Michal Žáček – saxophone, flute)