• 1949 – 1959

    11-year secondary school in Prešov

  • 1959 – 1961

    post-secondary course – technical school for geodesists in Košice

  • 1956 – 1960

    employment with the Prešov amateur theatre

  • 1962

    relocation to Bratislava

  • 1962 – 1968

    Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak High Technical School (graduated in 1968, engineer degree)

  • 1963 – 1966

    member of the amateur band Struny (Strings)

  • 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

  • 1968 – 1970 

    editor in the Czechoslovak Radio (science and technology desk, later music programmes)

  • 1970 – 1971

    member of Gustav Offremann Combo

  • 1973 – 1975

    private classes of singing with Prof. František Tugendlieb

  • 1972 – 1977

    member of the Revival Jazz Band

  • since 1974

    organiser and programme director of Bratislava Jazz Days

  • 1976 – 1978

    post-graduate studies of journalism at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava

  • 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

  • 1980 – 1986

    Lipa – Andršt Blues Band (P. Lipa – vocals, Luboš Andršt – guitar, CZ)

  • 1985 – 1987

    member of a duo with Peter Breiner (piano)

  • 1986 – 1995

    member of a group focusing on traditional jazz T + R Band

  • since 1989

    president of the Slovak Jazz Society

  • since 1992

    lectures singing at Jazz workshops organised by the Slovak Jazz Society

  • 1997

    participation at the Jazz Vocal Workshop in Bologna (IT); co-organiser of the Jazz Polička festival (since 1997, CZ)

  • 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)

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