Electro-acoustic music, piano, chamber, orchestral, concert music, music for film.
Biography
Born in Prague, on April 4, 1949. Began to study the piano when
8 years old and the cello at the age of 10. After graduating from the
Electro-Technical Secondary School he was employed in the sound department of
Czech TV in Prague.
In 1972 he passed the entrance examinations for university studies at the
Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU - Music Faculty), where he studied
composition, piano and music pedagogy.
Within the framework of the composition class he was chosen to attend the
Summer Courses in Siena - Italy (prof. F. Donatoni). After completing his
graduate composition for AMU (Concert for Piano and Orchestra), he was granted a
post-gradual scholarship (for two years) at the State Conservatory in Moscow
under prof. N. Sidelnikov.
Now he am employed as a teacher in the Department of Music and Sound at the
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - Film and TV Faculty (FAMU) and Music
Faculty too.