MATIJA DEDIĆ
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Third Stream, Post Bop • Croatia

Born in Zagreb on March 2nd 1973., Matija started playing classic piano at the age of five. After he finished Music high school «Vatroslav Lisinski» in 1991., went to Graz to Jazz Academy where he graduated in 1997. under prof. Harald Neuwirth and private lessons with J. Taylor in cologne, Hal Galper, Bill Dobins and Barry Harris.   Since he was raised in the family surounded by pop and traditional musicians, he began to listen to all kinds of music very early, soon discovering jazz and finding that it alowes him apstract and more personal musical point of view. After returning to Zagreb in 1997. he begins to play more often, and his work is recognized in and out of Croatia. During those years he played with his own band «Boliers Quartet», with whom he supported the likes of B. Golson, K. Burell, R. Haynes, J. Feliciano and «All Stars Band». Meanwhile he read more...