The composer Radek Rejsek studied first at the Prague Conservatory (composition with Jindrich Feld and Oldrich Semerak, trumpet with Vaclav Junek and Josef Svejkovsky). He continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (composition with Jiri Dvoracek), and completed them in 1990 at the Janacek's Academy of Performing Arts in Brno (composition with Zdenek Zouhar). Since 1988 he has been employed as music director and program editor (from 1992) in Czech Radio 3. He is the author of several long-term program projects such as 'The Historical Organs' or 'The Bells', and he is also in charge of contemporary - especially electroacoustic - music in Czech Radio. From 1995 to 2001 he was teaching music theory at the Prague conservatory, and since 2004 he has taken up his teaching post at the Conservatory in Ceske Budejovice. The life-time interest of Radek Rejsek is focused on the history and production of organ and on campanology.
Rejsek's other activities:
1980 - 1995 choirmaster of the Foerster Singing Society in Benatky nad Jizerou
1987 - 1993 collaborated with the Municipal theatre in Most (incidental music to 8 plays)
1989 - started his activity as carillon player at Prague Loreto (since 1994 with a full-rights title)
1991 - 1997 choirmaster of the Girl's Singing Choir Collegium cantantium
1997 - became the vice-chairman of the Society for Electroacoustic Music
1997 - became a member of the Eurocarillon (the international organization of carillon players)
2000 - teacher at the Private film school in Pisek
Rejsek's representation of Czech Republic at the Eurocarillon' events:
1995 Annecy, 1996 Lyon, 1997 Barcelona, 1998 Berlin, 1999 Amsterodam,2000 Birmingham, 2001 Praha, 2002 Bruggy, 2003 Cobh, 2004 Amsterodam, 2006 Birmingham
