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Ondrej Krajňák is a Slovak piano virtuoso and one of the best and most important musicians today to play the piano. His first experience with jazz music dates back to his childhood, when he first heard the Oscar Peterson Trio on the radio as a ten-year-old. At the competition of young performers at the Jazz Festival in Žilina, for which his father prepared him, he enchanted him so much that he won the “Discovery of the Festival” award.
After graduating from music school in Levice, he was accepted to the Erkel Ferenc Music School in Budapest, where he began studying jazz piano in the class of Professor Robert Ratnoyi. He received other special awards at a jazz competition in Poland. At the age of eighteen, he represented the school at the Jazz Piano Competition in Budapest, where he won the “Solo Award”. After graduating from school, he was offered a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he did not accept it.
On his album ForevErnest, which is a solo project, he recalled the phenomenal instrumental colleague Ernest Oláh, a great admirer of Oscar Peterson, who also played with the Gustav Brom Orchestra. Not to mention the bonus improvisation Eb minor improvisation for Ernest, the album, which was produced by Ernest’s son Roman, contains six hitherto unpublished and unknown Oláh compositions in Krajňák’s fresh arrangements, new sound attire and modern interpretation.
The strongest musical inspiration for Ondrej Krajňák remains the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Frederic Chopin and Sergei Pokofjev. On the other hand, he was inspired by artists such as Oscar Peterson, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chick Corea and Adam Makowicz. Ondrej collaborates with many music groups around the world.
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