Radovan Tariška is a Slovak saxophonist (alto and soprano saxophone), composer, arranger and bandleader. He was born in 1979, played the clarinet as a child and studied classical saxophone at the conservatory in Žilina from 1994 to 1998. In 2002 the Slovak Jazz Society named him Jazzman of the Year, the youngest recipient to date. For sixteen years he led the saxophone section of the Gustav Brom Big Band; with trumpeter Juraj Bartoš he plays in the bebop project Hot House, and he leads the Radovan Tariška Sextet and the projects Folklore to Jazz and Modal Trap, in which he combines Slovak folklore with modal jazz. He has worked with George Mraz, James Morrison and Marcus Strickland. For Amplión Records he recorded saxophone on Olga Škrancová’s album When I Fall In Love (2003). More at radovantariska.com.
