Ondrej Soukup

Ondřej Soukup (born on May 2, 1951 in Prague) graduated from the Prague National Conservatory in 1975. He has played in many jazz and pop groups (such as Pražský Bigband, Pražský výběr, Ladislav Štaidl Orchestra, Karel Gott Orchestra and with musician Jiří Stivín). Soukup has both written and arranged musical scores. After 1980 he devoted himself to composing, and he has since written many songs for several different vocalists. He has also started producing records.