Oskar Rozsa

Slovakian bass guitarist.  From his childhood - he was born in 1970 - Oskar Rozsa studied classical piano, but moonlighted on bass guitar and drums.  He studied for a decade at the Bratislava Conservatory, where he directed a contemporary music ensemble before graduating in 1999 conducting a concert that included Copland and Brahms.  Oskar Rozsa then went on to study Jazz and contemporary music at Berklee College in Boston.

Sextet, Oskar Rozsa's Hevhetia CD results from a Slovak Radio commission for a totally improvised Jazz work.  Barflies, also from 2003, is a collaborative with trumpeter Lubor "Umelec" Priehradnik and drummer Robert Rist.  There are also guest appearances by Stano Paluch, violin and pianist Miki Skuta.  The CD features striking artwork by Marek Ormandik.

Oskar Rozsa appears with leading Czech, Slovak and visiting musicians.  In 2006 he appeared  at London's 606 Club in a trio led by Miki Skuta together with Martin Valihora on drums, and returned  to London in November for a Jazz concert in the Conway Hall as part of the Passing Impressions Festival of Slovak Music and Musicians.