Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:10:05 +0200https://english.radio.cz/jazz-organist-ondrej-pivec-making-it-new-york-dont-ask-questions-just-learn-it-8137682© 2026 Radio Prague International Ondřej Pivec plays organ with one of the biggest stars in world jazz, singer Gregory Porter. This makes Pivec, who is in his mid-30s, perhaps the most successful non-classical Czech musician of his generation. When we met at a café in his Brooklyn neighbourhood, the conversation took in his struggles to establish himself in New York, the specific nature of performing in churches and his live baptism of fire with Porter. But first Ondřej Pivec explained how a stay of several months in the Big Apple 10 years ago turned into a long-term move that tranformed his life. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pivec_ondrej_0.jpg?timestamp=1614075399 https://english.radio.cz/jazz-organist-ondrej-pivec-making-it-new-york-dont-ask-questions-just-learn-it-8137682 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9