Biographical Notes

He began to study the piano when was 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 Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague), 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 is employed as a pedagogue in the Department of Music and Sound at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - Film and TV Faculty (FAMU) and Music Faculty too.