Robi Botos Transcriptions

Biography of Robi Botos

Robi Botos is a Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist, recognized as the final protégé of the legendary Oscar Peterson, who shaped his formidable swing and technique after Botos emigrated from Hungary to Canada. A largely self-taught musician of Romani descent, he forges a unique and powerful sound by fusing North American bebop and hard bop with the deep traditions of Romani, Hungarian, and European folk music. An internationally awarded artist, he won the TD Grand Jazz Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2012, the Juno Award for Best Jazz Album for Movin' Forward in 2016, and serves as the inaugural Jazz Artist-in-Residence at The Royal Conservatory of Music.