About

Hello! Thank You for visiting my profile on facebook - Tomasz ! Check me on my website : www.djtomaszhalat.com Tomasz Halat is 41 years old - Pianist , organist , keyboardist, vocalist , songwriter and composer. Music is his life. He was born in 1977 in Poland. He is only musician in his family .Halat was 14 years old when he took his first piano lessons from Jarosław Mazur. Then he realized that music is his life. At age 18 he performed as keyboardist with his own rock group. In July 2002 he graduated Musical Art at the Department of Art Education at Swietokrzyska Academy of Jan Kochanowski in Kielce where he received his Master`s Degree.His piano teacher at this time was Maria Zuzańska and voice teacher - Anna Kustra. At the same time he attended Archdioceses Organist School in Cracow.In this school he has excellent piano teacher who was Krystyna Suzin , Marek Wolak - organ .His teacher was also one of the best concert organist in Poland - Witold Zalewski - organ accompaniament , Wanda Falk - music theory, harmony and Marcin Wolak - voice . During studies he performed as pianist and an organist at concerts organized by the schools. He was also a member of the choir performed at ,,Nieszpory Ludzmierskie" (religious music)with a great musicians within the Polish scene such as Beata Rybotycka , Elżbieta Towarnicka , Grzegorz Turnau , Jacek Wójcicki , Hanna Banaszak and Zbigniew Wodecki . He is very interested in jazz music. Because of that he attended Jazz School in Cracow, where he performed jazz music as a pianist at concerts in music club" Rotunda" and in the theatre" Bagatela " in Cracow at ,,Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy"( Voluntary concert helping children with disabilities ).At that school his piano teacher was Adam Niedzielin. Halat is also interested in composition. In his works he takes inspiration from the music of Chopin and Bach as well as pop and jazz music. Since July 2002 he lives in United States. He works as a Music Director in Saint Frances de Chantal Parish in New York and as a Piano Teacher and Performer in NJ and NY area.In May 16 , 2010 he organized an organ concert by Witold Zalewski - Maestro of the Royal Wawel Cathedral in Cracow , Poland. Recently he performed classical piano concert in MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK FESTIVAL on DUMBO - Brooklyn Bridge Park .It was amazing experience for him to be a part of this wonderful event on June 21 ,2010 in New York as a one of 1000 concerts who take place this first day of summer in New York City.

Education

• Swietokrzyska Academy of Jan Kochanowski in Kielce , Poland
• Archdiocese Organist School in Cracow - Poland ( Archidiecezjalna Szkoła Organistowska w Krakowie )
• Jazz School in Cracow , Poland ( Krakowska Szkoła Jazzu I Muzyki Rozrywkowej )