Percussion Collective

Program

Gene Koshinski (*1980)
Dance of the Drums

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
Wildlings

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
2+1

Gene Koshinski (*1980)
360°

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
Catching Shadows

Russell Peck (*1945)
Lift Off!

Nicolas Martynciow (*1964)
Pop & Mom

Gene Koshinski
As One

Nebojša Jovan Živković (*1962)
Trio per uno

Účinkujúci

Percussion Collective
Adam Druga / marimba & perkusie
Peter Solárik / marimba & perkusie
Martin Zajac / marimba & perkusie

Adam Druga sa narodil v Nových Zámkoch. Jeho náklonnosť k hudbe a rytmu si jeho rodičia všímali od raného detstva, prvú súpravu bicích nástrojov mu kúpili, keď mal 5 rokov. Svoje prvé vážne hudobné kroky urobil na Základnej umeleckej škole, vo swingovom bigbande, v ktorom bol ako 9-ročný najmladším hráčom. V rokoch 2014 – 2018 pôsobil na Konzervatóriu Jána Levoslava Bellu v Banskej Bystrici, kde ho pedagogicky viedli Mgr. Peter Solárik a doc. István Szabo. Okrem klasických bicích študoval na Konzervatóriu aj jazzovú interpretáciu a základy jazzovej harmónie, venoval sa sólovej hre, účinkoval v jazzovom kvintete a v rôznych komorných zoskupeniach. Ako žiak 2. ročníka vyhral v roku 2016 celoslovenskú sútaž konzervatórií v hre na bicích nástrojoch a získal cenu Viva musica!, ktorá mu umožnila účinkovanie v rámci renomovaného letného festivalu v Bratislave. 

V roku 2017 sa na základe konkurzu stal členom Slovenského mládežníckeho orchestra,  v ktorom pracoval pod pedagogickým vedením Kirila Stoyanov a Petra Kosorína prvého tympanistu Slovenskej filharmónie. S orchestrom odohral početné koncerty s dielami L. van Beethovena, P. I. Čajkovského, W. A. Mozarta, F. Mendelssohna a F.Schuberta pod taktovkou austrálskeho dirigenta Benjamina Bayla a Martina Majkúta. V tom istom roku sa zúčastnil na majstrovských kurzoch Medzinárodnej akadémie Ensemble modern vo Wolfenbütteli, zameraných na štúdium a interpretáciu hudby 20. a 21. storočia. Na záver kurzov odohral  pod vedením dirigenta Lucasa Visa spolu s členmi súboru Ensemble modern koncerty v Nemecku, Dánsku a na Slovensku. 

V roku 2021 získal cenu Absolútni víťazi na Celoeurópskej súťaži Drumline Battle Baltic Competition v Litve s formáciou Party Diddles Drumline. Od roku 2023 pôsobí v orchestri Slovenského rozhlasu. Súčasťou jeho rôznorodých hudobníckych skúseností je aj opakované hosťovanie v orchestroch Slovenskej filharmónie, Brnenskej Filharmónie, Orchester PKF- Prague Philharmonia, Orchester Ostravských dní novej hudby predvedení náročných symfonických diel i vystúpenia na Medzinárodnom festivale komornej hudby Konvergencie.  Od 1. októbra 2018 študoval na Janáčkovej akadémie múzických umení v Brne. Magisterské štúdium úspešne ukončil pod vedením prof. MgA. Martina Opršála, odb. as. Kamila Slezáka, MgA. Radeka Tomášeka, MgA. Martina Kleibla a doc. Mgr. Ing. MgA. Dana Dlouhého, Ph.D.  Aktívne pôsobí aj v Percussion ensemble JAMU. 

Martin Zajac (23) je študentom bicích nástrojov na Akadémii umení v Banskej Bystrici v magisterskom stupni, kde je jeho pedagógom prof. István Szabó DLA. Pochádza z Prievidze, kde sa ako deväťročný začal bicím nástrojom venovať na ZUŠ  L. Stančeka u Mgr. Petra Krška. Na Konzervatóriu J. L. Bellu v Banskej Bystrici absolvoval popri štúdiu gymnázia dva roky u Mgr. art. Petra Solárika ArtD. V roku 2019 obsadil na Celoštátnej súťaži konzervatórií v hre na bicích nástrojoch 1. miesto v kategórii bicia súprava a malý bubon a 2. miesto v kategórii melodické bicie nástroje.  

V rokoch 2021, 2022 a to 2023 absolvoval majstrovské kurzy sólovej a orchestrálnej hry na Letnej akadémii mladých hudobníkov v Debrecíne. V roku 2022 sa dostal do finálového kola na medzinárodnej súťaži v hre na malý bubon Italy PAS Competiton. Pravidelne vypomáha v Štátnej Filharmónii Košice a Symfonickom Orchestri Slovenského Rozhlasu, v roku 2023 sa predstavil aj ako sólista so Slovenskou Filharmóniou. Okrem sólovej hry pôsobí taktiež v rozličných komorných zoskupeniach (AKU Percussion Group, Party Diddles, Slovak Nuevo Quinteto). 

Peter Solárik je vyhľadávaný pedagóg a hráč na bicích nástrojoch, známy svojou multižánrovou flexibilitou. Je zakladateľom a stálym členom viacerých zoskupení, ako sú Nothing but Swing Trio, etno-džezové zoskupenie Bashavel, duo bicích nástrojov .mp2, Invention Quartet a Slovak Nuevo Quinteto. V roku 2020 získal Cenu Ladislava Martoníka za kvalitné inštrumentálne výkony, propagáciu jazzu a pedagogickú činnosť, ktorú každoročne udeľuje Hudobný fond. 

Vo sfére džezovej hudby Peter Solárik vystupoval s rôznymi formáciami, vrátane Tomáš Gajlík Trio, Jakub Tokoly Trio, Robert Ragan jr. Trio, Milo Suchomel Quartet, Michal Bugala Group, As Guests, V4 Octet, Lukáš Oravec Quartet/Quintet, Michal Motýľ Tentet, Matúš Jakabčic CZ-SK big band a Back Side Big Band Praha. Spolupracoval s významnými osobnosťami slovenskej a zahraničnej džezovej scény, ako sú Juraj Bartoš, Matúš Jakabčic, Radovan Tariška, Klaudius Kováč, Róbert Ragan, Stanislav Palúch, Peter Lipa, Roman Jánoška, Piotr Baron (Poľsko), Janusz Muniak (Poľsko), Gábor Bolla (Maďarsko), Kornel Fekete Kovács (Maďarsko), Rick Margitza (USA), Scott Hamilton (USA) a Benny Golson (USA). Účinkoval na mnohých džezových festivaloch, vrátane Bratislavských džezových dní, One Day Jazz Festivalu, Jazz Festu Brno, Pražského Swingového Festivalu, Cairo Jazz Festu, European Jazz Festivalu v Aténach a UGBW Jazz Festivalu v Green Bay (USA). 

V oblasti populárnej hudby spolupracoval s kapelami a umelcami ako Ludo Kuruc Band, La Femme – Postmodern Jukebox, Romanika, Druhá Tráva (Česko) a Robo Opatovský. V klasickej hudbe vystupoval s The Perculogy Ensemble, Invention Quartet, Slovak Nuevo Quinteto a duom bicích nástrojov .mp2. 

Foto © Jana Ilková

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Featuring in a concert in Janko Kráľ Park will be Percussion Collective, formed by a trio of Slovak percussionists: Adam Druga, Peter Solárik and Martin Zajac. Adam Druga is a representative of the youngest generation of percussionists in Slovakia. He studied at the Conservatory in Banská Bystrica and (from 2018) at JAMU in Brno. Since 2023 he has played in the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he regularly makes guest appearances in orchestral bodies at home and in the Czech Republic. Peter Solárik is an established percussion player and teacher, who is sought-after especially for his multi-genre flexibility. He is a founder and permanent member of the jazz ensemble Nothing But Swing Trio, the ethno-jazz grouping Bashavel, the percussion duo mp.2, etc. Peter Solárik collaborates with leading figures in the Slovak and foreign music scene, among them Juraj Bartoš, Matúš Jakabčic, Peter Lipa, Scott Hamilton, Benny Golson and Gábor Bolla. Martin Zajac is another representative of the youngest generation of percussionists, and currently he is a student at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. He is a regular guest at the State Philharmonic Košice and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Apart from solo playing, he also performs in a number of chamber groupings (AKU Percussion Group, Party Diddles, Slovak Nuevo Quinteto). Together in concert, the Percussion Collective trio will present works by Trevino, Koshinski, Živkovič, Westlake and Ravel. 

Program

Gene Koshinski (*1980)
Dance of the Drums

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
Wildlings

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
2+1

Gene Koshinski (*1980)
360°

Ivan Trevino (*1983)
Catching Shadows

Russell Peck (*1945)
Lift Off!

Nicolas Martynciow (*1964)
Pop & Mom

Gene Koshinski
As One

Nebojša Jovan Živković (*1962)
Trio per uno

Účinkujúci

Percussion Collective
Adam Druga / marimba & perkussion
Peter Solárik / marimba & perkussion
Martin Zajac / marimba & perkussion

Adam Druga (26) was born in Nové Zámky. His parents noticed his inclination towards music and rhythm from an early age, and they bought him his first set of drums when he was 5 years old. He took his first serious musical steps at the Elementary School of Arts, playing in a swing big band, where he was the youngest player at the age of 9. From 2014 to 2018, he attended the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, where he was taught by Mgr. Peter Solárik and Associate Professor István Szabo. In addition to studying classical percussion, he also studied jazz interpretation and the basics of jazz harmony at the conservatory, engaging in solo performance, performing in a jazz quintet, and participating in various chamber ensembles. As a second-year student, he won the national percussion competition for conservatories in 2016 and received the Viva Musica! award, which allowed him to perform at the renowned summer festival in Bratislava. 

In 2017, he was selected through an audition to join the Slovak Youth Orchestra, where he was guided by Kiril Stoyanov and Peter Kosorín, the principal timpanist of the Slovak Philharmonic. With the orchestra, he performed numerous concerts featuring works by L. van Beethoven, P. I. Tchaikovsky, W. A. Mozart, F. Mendelssohn, and F. Schubert, under the baton of Australian conductor Benjamin Bayl and Martin Majkút. In the same year, he participated in masterclasses at the International Academy Ensemble Modern in Wolfenbüttel, focusing on the study and interpretation of 20th and 21st-century music. At the end of the courses, he performed concerts in Germany, Denmark, and Slovakia with members of the Ensemble Modern, conducted by Lucas Vis. 

In 2021, he won the Absolute Winners award at the Drumline Battle Baltic Competition in Lithuania with the Party Diddles Drumline. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. His diverse musical experiences include repeated guest performances with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, the PKF – Prague Philharmonia, the Ostrava Days New Music Orchestra, and performances of challenging symphonic works at the International Chamber Music Festival Konvergencie. From October 1, 2018, he studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, completing his master’s degree under the guidance of Professor MgA. Martin Opršál, Assistant Professor Kamil Slezák, MgA. Radek Tomášek, MgA. Martin Kleibl, and Associate Professor Mgr. Ing. MgA. Dan Dlouhý, Ph.D. He is also an active member of the Percussion Ensemble JAMU. 

Martin Zajac (23) is a master’s student in percussion at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, where he is taught by Professor István Szabó, DLA. He hails from Prievidza, where he began studying percussion at the age of nine at the L. Stanček Elementary School of Arts under Mgr. Peter Krška. He attended the J. L. Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica while also studying at a high school, where he spent two years under the guidance of Mgr. art. Peter Solárik, ArtD. In 2019, he won first place in the drum set and snare drum categories and second place in the melodic percussion category at the National Conservatory Percussion Competition. 

In 2021, 2022, and 2023, he attended masterclasses in solo and orchestral performance at the Summer Academy for Young Musicians in Debrecen. In 2022, he reached the final round of the international snare drum competition Italy PAS Competition. He regularly assists with the State Philharmonic Košice and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and in 2023, he performed as a soloist with the Slovak Philharmonic. In addition to solo performance, he is also active in various chamber ensembles (AKU Percussion Group, Party Diddles, Slovak Nuevo Quinteto). 

Peter Solárik is a sought-after educator and drummer, known for his multi-genre flexibility. He is the founder and permanent member of several ensembles, such as Nothing but Swing Trio, the ethno-jazz ensemble Bashavel, the drum duo .mp2, Invention Quartet, and Slovak Nuevo Quinteto. In 2020, he was awarded the Ladislav Martoník Prize for excellent instrumental performances, jazz promotion, and educational activities, an award given annually by the Music Fund. 

In the field of jazz music, Peter Solárik has performed with various groups including Tomáš Gajlík Trio, Jakub Tokoly Trio, Robert Ragan jr. Trio, Milo Suchomel Quartet, Michal Bugala Group, As Guests, V4 Octet, Lukáš Oravec Quartet/Quintet, Michal Motýľ Tentet, Matúš Jakabčic CZ-SK Big Band, and Back Side Big Band Prague. He has collaborated with prominent figures of the Slovak and international jazz scenes, such as Juraj Bartoš, Matúš Jakabčic, Radovan Tariška, Klaudius Kováč, Róbert Ragan, Stanislav Palúch, Peter Lipa, Roman Jánoška, Piotr Baron (Poland), Janusz Muniak (Poland), Gábor Bolla (Hungary), Kornel Fekete Kovács (Hungary), Rick Margitza (USA), Scott Hamilton (USA), and Benny Golson (USA). He has participated in numerous jazz festivals, including the Bratislava Jazz Days, One Day Jazz Festival, Jazz Fest Brno, Prague Swing Festival, Cairo Jazz Fest, European Jazz Festival in Athens, and UGBW Jazz Festival in Green Bay (USA). 

In the realm of popular music, he has worked with bands and artists such as Ludo Kuruc Band, La Femme – Postmodern Jukebox, Romanika, Druhá Tráva (Czech Republic), and Robo Opatovský. In classical music, he has performed with The Perculogy Ensemble, Invention Quartet, Slovak Nuevo Quinteto, and the drum duo .mp2. 

Foto © Jana Ilková

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