• 1970 – 1976

    Conservatory in Ostrava (trumpet – Quido Fišer)

  • 1976 – 1980

    Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (trumpet – Václav Junek), first engagement in Prague Chamber Orchestra without conductor

  • since 1982

    member of Slovak SinfoniettaŽilina

  • 1981/1982

    and since 1992 until present pedagogue at Conservatory Žilina (founder and artistic director of Big Brass Ensemble)

  • 1998 – 2001

    pedagogue of trumpet at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica and at the same time at Catholic University in Ružomberok (1998 – 2000)

  • currently, in addition to Conservatory, pedagogue of trumpet, methodics and chamber music at Music Education Departmet of Faculty of Humanities at Žilina University

In addition to Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina he cooperated with other ensembles and orchestras: FISYO Prague, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, Silesian Theatre Opava, Czech Radio Dance Orchestra in Ostrava, and brass bands Ostravanka, Valaška, Vítkovák.

As a soloist he has most frequently performed with Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina; he also conducts amateur choirs in Moravia (in Lidečko and Střelná) and the amateur brass band Lidečanka.

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