Peter Mihelich
Peter Mihelich (actually Peter Mihelič , born February 26, 1968 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian jazz pianist who works mainly in the United States.
Live and act
Mihelich's parents were both pianists; as a child learned to play the piano and received a classical music education. At the age of 17 he moved to Graz to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts there. The first recordings were made in 1988 with Karlheinz Miklin and the singer Sheila Jordan ( Looking Back ), with whom he has worked regularly since then. In 1990 he performed with Mark Murphy in Vienna ( Bop for Miles , 1994). In the mid-1990s he worked with Stjepko Gut ( Sketches of Balkan 1995), Maximilian Geller , Wade Mikkola and the quartet of Dusko Goykovich and Gianni Basso . He was also a member of Goykovich's big band; he toured with him in 1997 in Japan. In 1998 he performed with Alvin Queen and the Stjepko Gut Big Band in Belgrade.
In 1990 he moved to New York City and has since worked in the jazz scene a. a. with Clark Terry , Jimmy Cobb , Annie Ross , since 1998 as accompanist for Jon Hendricks . In the late 2000s he was a member of the band of drummer Gasper Bertoncelj ( Caution! Hard Hat Area ! , 2008, with Jeremy Pelt and Vincent Herring , among others ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1988 and 2011, in 2004 for example with the singer Susan Tobocman ( Watercolor Dream , inter alia with Jim Rotondi and Steve Davis ).
Web links
- Portrait at Smalls
- Peter Mihelich at Allmusic (English)
- Peter Mihelič at Discogs (English)
- Peter Mihelich at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sheila Jordan & Peter Mihelich at Time Out Tokyo
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 4, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mihelich, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mihelič, Peter (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |