Robi Botos

2007 NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS NOMINEE FOR PIANIST OF THE YEAR

2006 NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS NOMINEE FOR PIANIST OF THE YEAR

Robi Botos is a self-taught jazz pianist now based in Toronto, and has been extremely active on the scene from an early age. Robi is very much in demand as a leader and sideman. Since he joined the award winning Hard Bop sextet, Kollage, he is now one of the most sought after pianists in the country.

Born in Nyiregyhaza Hungary on October 12, 1978, and since he moved to Toronto in 1998, Robi Botos has been featured with many of Canada's foremost jazz artists including: Pat Labarbera (Elvin Jones), Dave Young (Oscar Peterson), Don Thompson (George Shearing), Terry Clark (Jim Hall), Norman Marshall Villeneuve (Duke Ellington), Archie Alleyne (Billie Holiday), Bob Mover (Chet Baker). He released a self-titled album "The Botos Brothers" with brothers Frank (drums) and Louis (bass, vocal), with all original compositions. He can be found on numerous CDs with Toronto jazz musicians. In July 2004, he won the first and public prize in the international Montreux Jazz festival’s jazz solo piano competition, sponsored by TIME magazine. The Jury members included Quincy Jones, Michel Camilo, Gary Burton, Makoto Ozone. The prizes included a scholarship to Berkley College of Music in Boston, a Concert in Montreux during the 39th international jazz festival, an invitation to Hamburg to the Steinway & Sons factory to perform, concert, masterclass, and participate on the next I.A.J.E (International Association of Jazz Education) conference. Robi will also perform in many parts of Europe in the near future.

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