Palo Hoďa
| Education: | |
| 1991 – 1998 | Conservatory Bratislava – music branch |
| 1998 | graduate of MART Peter Drlička´s – clarinet player |
| 1998 – 2000 | Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava – Jozef Luptáčik, senior lecturer |
| 1998 – present | consultations on a regular basis with MART Peter Drlička (clarinet) |
| 1998 – present | consultations on a regular basis with professor Alexander Stepanov, Candidate of Science (clarinet, saxophone) |
| 2015 – 2017 | Conservatory Bratislava – chamber music special education and professional experience (saxophone quartet) |
| 2015 – 2019 | international interpretation courses and workshops (Ostrava, Bled, Bratislava, Wroclav) – playing the saxophone |
| Awards: | |
| 1996 | first place in the second category – clarinet players – a contest among the conservatories in Košice |
| 1998 | first place in the second category – clarinet players – a contest among the conservatories in Bratislava |
| Cooperation: | |
| 1996 – present | cooperation with brassbands: Malačanka, Lanžhočanka, Podlužanka, Legrúti, Túfaranka, Moravanka |
| 1996 – present | cooperation with Slovak Philharmonic |
| 1997 | cooperation with the Nová Scéna Theatre, Trnava Theatre, Slovak National Theatre |
| 1998 – 2020 | Bratislava Hot Serenaders, conducting Juraj Bartoš. Concerts – Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, United Kingdom – tour, Russia – tour, Baltic tour – Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland |
| 2000 – 2005 | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra – second clarinet |
| 2000 – 2002 | All Time Hot Jazz Funny Fellows |
| 2002 – 2003 | combo The Followers |
| 2004 – 2015 | combo Five Gentlemen |
| 2003 – 2004 | Slovak State Philharmonic Košice – recording with professional saxophone quartet Adolf Sax Quartet USA – 2 CDs |
| 2004 – 2009 | Brno City Theatre – soprano saxophone soloist – Jazz Side Story |
| 2004 – present | art school teacher in Velké Bílovice (saxophone, clarinet, soprano flute) |
| 2004 – present | cooperation with the State Chamber Orchestra Žilina |
| 2005 | Gustav Brom Big Band, conducting Vlado Valovič |
| 2006 | Dixieland of the world famous trumpeter Jaromír Hnilička and Dixieland Ivančice |
| 2007 | Matúš Jakabčic Big Band |
| 2007 – 2014 | B-Side Band Brno (Vojtěch Dyk, Tereza Černochová – the soliosts) |
| 2008 | premiere of Česká mše II. (Czech Mass II) – composed by Luboš Řehánek, soprano saxophone Palo Hoďa and mezzosoprano Marcela Melková |
| 2008 | USA tour – swing orchestra Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers |
| 2008 | cooperation with cimbalom bands Hudci, Kuštárovci, Lália |
| 2009 | Radovan Tariška, Juraj Bartoš and their SUPERBAND |
| 2010 | cooperation with Viva Musica chambre orchestra and with producer and conductor Oskar Rózsa at Viva Musica Festival, cooperation with Viva Musica agency premiere of concert for the tenor saxophone and Marek Brezovský and his orchestra |
| 2010 – present | Zuzana Gamboa Band |
| 2010 – 2015 | Melody Gentlemen Lednice |
| 2014 | Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra – recording with the orchestra – project The Rock Mass (composed by Dan Kyzlink) |
| 2014 – present | professional saxophone quartet Saxophone Syncopators – concerts (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, India, China, Germany, Poland) |
| 2015 – present | professional jazz swing orchestra Fats Jazz Band, musical director Ladislav Fanzowitz. Concerts – Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, France – film festival in Cannes, Georgia) |
| 2016 – 2018 | swing orchestra Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers |
| 2017 | recording of the first Slovak classical saxophone CD called Sax-O-Phun, playing all the saxophone types (soprano, alto, C-melody, tenor, baritone, bass) |
| 2018 | cooperation with the theatre in Jihlava |
| 2019 | cooperation with the Slovak National Theatre, 100th anniversary of the NT, James Bond Concert |
Cooperation:
Katarína Korček, Linda Kuchtová, Lucia Šolarová, Jana Bútorová, Igor Roy, Daniel Kyzlink, Braňo Kostka, Dan Bárta, Dara Rolins, Erich „Boboš“ Procházka, Fragile, T+R Band, Štěpánští koledníci (carollers), Slovenka Benková, Stano Král, Rasťo Král, Janka Lieskovská, Pavol Hnčiřík, Ladislav Fančovič, Helena Vladárová, Daniel Zappi
Occasional Cooperation:
– STV1, Markíza TV
Cooperation wih Bands during CD and Song Recordings:
Bratislava Hot Serenaders, Fats Jazz Band, Nezmaři, Vlasa Rédl, AC+, I.V.M., Samo Tomeček and Band, Bystrík Červený, Robo Papp, Charlie and Torzo Band, Mia for Children, Jozef Dodo Kurilák, Peter Lipa, Milan Lasica, Eugen Vizváry CD
Film Theme Music:
| 2018 | Tlumočník – solo soprano saxophone |
| 2019 | CD recording – Saxophone Syncopators, Evgeny Irsai, Lev Pupis (Ljubljana – Slovenia) |
| 2019 | recording of songs – Project Palo Hoďa – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and Štěpán Baloun – stage piano, saw string, hammond |
| 2020 | audio recording for film Anatomie zrady |
Štěpán Baloun
| Education: | |
| 2000 – 2004 | Conservatory Brno – contrabass |
| 2007 – 2009 | Conservatory Brno – contrabass |
| 2009 | Conservatory Brno graduate |
| 2010 – 2011 | Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory – contrabass, piano |
| Cooperation: | |
| 2004 – 2013 | Brno City Theatre |
| 2008 – 2011 | Theatre Husa na provázku Brno |
| 2008 – present | Meteor band Praha |
| 2009 – 2011 | funky band Showstation |
| 2010 | northern Italy tour with Prague Philharmonia |
| 2011 – present | Pozdní Sběr band |
| 2015 – present | art school teacher and répétiteur in Hodonín |
| 2017 – present | bandleader of a gospel band performing with Skyey Gospel choir |
| 2017 – present | guest of Eremy band |
| 2018 – present | guest of Lynard Skynard Tribute band |
| Cooperation wih bands, CD and song recordings: | |
| 2017 | Lucie Dobrovodská |
| 2018 | Žízeň a Hlad |
| 2019 | Antonín Aberle, Lehká noha band |
| 2019 | Marco Cano and Cover Paradise band |
| 2019 | recording of songs – Project Palo Hoďa – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and Štěpán Baloun – stage piano, saw string, hammond |
| 2020 | Jaroslav Samson Lenk – CD recording |
| Accompaniment for opera singers: | |
| 2015 | Svatopluk Sem, Renáta Vítová, Lucie Šilkenová |
When asked, Štěpán Baloun devotes his time to arrangements of compositions and songs for various bands and groups.
