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Jazz piano etudes by
Milan Dvorák -
heard by
GERALD FENECH

'... Milan Franek gives wonderfully lighthearted interpretations ...'

Milan Dvořák: Complete Jazz Piano Etudes. © 2015 Toccata Classics

Milan Dvořák (no relation to the famous Antonín) was born on 6 December 1934 into a family of a violinist and a music teacher. So it is no surprise that he started playing the piano at the age of seven. Later, while studying at the Faculty of Engineering in Prague, he joined a student jazz quintet, playing music as an amateur. He graduated in 1958, upon which the Communist regime pressurized him to take a position as an engineer in a metallurgy combine in Ostrava...

Copyright © 2 January 2016 Gerald Fenech,
Gzira, Malta

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MILAN DVOŘÁK: COMPLETE JAZZ PIANO ETUDES

PIANO MUSIC

JAZZ

TOCCATA CLASSICS

CZECH REPUBLIC

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