Alan Bartus – Born In Millennium

Alan Bartus – piano / Stefan Pista Bartus – upright bass / David Hodek – drums / Gregory Hutchinson – drums / Kornél Fekete Kovács – flugelhorn

Alan was born in Lucenec on February 22, 2001, and comes from a family of musicians (father Stefan is an established Jazz Artist). Alan’s talent began to manifest in his early childhood. In 2018 he began his studies at the MUK University Vienna jazz piano under the leadership of professor Oliver Kent. In addition to studying jazz and classical piano, Alan is dedicated to improvisation and composition. In 2022 Alan won the solo piano competition Excellence Piano Awards, Grand Prix Majestic Excellence Award and Piano Solo Professional Gold Award. In the same year, Alan won the prestigious Austrian Ö1 Jazz Prize and was accepted to one of the best jazz schools in the world, the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2022, Alan was given a great honor – an opportunity to collaborate with the living legend of American jazz, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, with whom he toured and recorded an album.