*1975, Považská Bystrica, Slovakia

Musicologist, guitarist, music educator, and publicist. He graduated with honors in Musicology from the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava (2003) and completed his doctoral studies focused on the harmony of contemporary jazz (2018). He is currently studying jazz performance at the Ján Albrecht Music Academy in Banská Štiavnica. He has been active as a guitar instructor since 2002 (jazz, rock, blues, improvisation, music theory), and since 2016 he has been teaching jazz guitar and jazz harmony at the Dezider Kardoš Private Conservatory in Topoľčany. As an educator, he has prepared several students for university studies both in Slovakia and abroad.

He is actively involved in the Slovak music scene as a guitarist and composer. In his project jEzzSPRIT he blends jazz mainstream with elements of popular and classical music. His orchestral compositions Angel’s Fantasy and Metamorphoses have reached the finals of a prestigious international competition. The UK Songwriting Contest (2016, 2025) in the instrumental category.As a music publicist, he collaborates with professional periodicals such as Hudobný život, Nový Populár, Skjazz.sk, and others.

At the university level, he has lectured on subjects focused on jazz harmony and ensemble performance. He is the author of the university textbook “Fundamentals of Jazz Harmony – Principles and Context” (Comenius University Bratislava, 2018). Throughout his career, he has collaborated with a number of prominent Slovak and international musicians and has performed in various musical projects (SLOWHAND PROJECT, Zuzana Suchánková Blues Band and Bossa Rosa...) spanning genres from jazz and blues to fusion.