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Zdeněk Barták

Appearing on the main Standard label and All Music Gallery, from Prague, Zdenek has had a renowned and award winning decade spanning career as a songwriter for leading Czech and international artists (including Andrea Bocelli), band leader, performer and composer for film, tv and theatre.

His work as a composer for film began in the late 80s, becoming the go to of the Czech director Jaroslav Soukup, their work together including award winning and international titles including “Backstreet Love” “Discostory I+II”, “Once Upon a Time There Was a Cop I,II+III”.

Zdeněk’s theatre work includes being commissioned by Seoul Performing Art Company in South Korea for the Seoul Opera by the to score a musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, which went on to win the Grand Prize for the best Korean musical of the year 1999 and continues to be performed.Following this success he has continued to be commissioned in Korea.