He is the editor-in-chief of the Czech Radio music stations, ie D major and Jazz. He studied music and Czech at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, where he also obtained a Ph.D. He joined the radio in 1991 as a music publicist, then he was the head of the Classical Music Editor, the music dramaturg of the Vltava station and in 2001-2016 its editor-in-chief, in 2017 the chief producer of music. In 2005, on his initiative, the first digital station in the Czech Republic, Czech Radio in D major, which broadcasts classical music, was established. He prepared author's programs for the Vltava, especially educational Da capo, music programs for the Euphonia cycles, Telefonotéka etc. He is a composer of classical music, choirmaster and conductor, moderates concerts, writes screenplays for Czech Television. He teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University.
In parallel with art and technical training, he worked at the Prague National Theater in 2004–2008 as a lecturer in dramaturgy and PR opera. From 2008 to 2010, he was a member of the team of the media department of the DILIA agency as a clerk and coordinator of foreign relations. From the 2010/2011 season to the 2014/2015 season, he was the dramaturg of the opera of the Moravian-Silesian National Theater, where he participated in the preparation of opera and concert projects, moderated discussions with artists and co-formed the overall media image of the opera ensemble. At the same time, in 2013–2014 he was the head of the artistic administration of the Opera of the National Theater in Prague. He has been collaborating with the Musical Theater Union since 2003: in 2004–2010 he was a member of the committee, in 2007, 2009 and 2011 he was a member of the preparatory team of the OPERA festival, in 2007–2011 he was secretary of the annual Young Singers Exchange.
He has published in the magazines Harmonie, Hudební rozhledy, Divadelní noviny, Svět a divadlo, on the portals Scena.cz and Opera Plus. He has been cooperating with Czech Radio Vltava since 2011 - he first prepared several opera programs, and since the summer of 2015 he has been working regularly on the program Mozaika. In 2015, he participated as the editor-in-chief on a 3CD set with a recording of Antonín Dvořák's opera Armid, which was co-produced by the National Theater of Moravia-Silesia and Czech Radio Vltava. In recent years, he has also prepared several explanatory texts for the Supraphon CD (Antonín Dvořák: Čert a Káča, Bedřich Smetana: Hubička) and Radioservis (Adam Plachetka's profile CD LIVE and ARIAS). His interests (apart from radio) include good opera, good music from the French Romantic period and good wine.
He appreciates the sincerity, correctness and all his great colleagues, whom he has been able to meet in Mozaica so far.
Pavel Klusák is a music publicist. He focuses on contemporary music, especially independent and experimental music. He has long been involved in the relationship between music and socio-political events.
For four years, she has been the editor-in-chief of the internet music portal MonsterMusic, which focuses mainly on the alternative scene. She loves live music and a festival atmosphere. He has also worked for the year as head of the editorial board for the music magazine iREPORT. At present, in addition to the work of the editor-in-chief, she is also involved in the PR of the Soundsgate music platform and the #zazivouhudbu initiative.
Jana Kománková (* April 17, 1974) is a Czech journalist and radio presenter.
She worked for Rock & Pop magazine as an editor and later deputy editor-in-chief (1992–2001). Since 1993, she has been a presenter at the Prague independent station Radio 1, where she broadcasts twice a week. He interviews personalities and selects music for programs that he moderates. Since 2010 he has been running the protisedi.cz website.
Jaroslav Konáš is a Czech music publicist and writer. He writes for the music magazine Headliner, which he co-founded. He wrote the blog Hudební masakry about very bad and ridiculous music recordings, then he also shot a show for Stream.cz on this topic.
In May 2009, together with Jana Apačka, he founded the Grygar agency KYEO shows, which, in addition to its promotional activities, began publishing the magazine Full Moon in 2010. Currently within the publishing house SMILE Music s.r.o. publishes magazines Full Moon, Spark and co-owns the most visited Czech music website musicserver.cz.
Since 2018, he has been running the Cabinet of Muses in Brno, which is one of the most famous Czech music clubs. Thanks to the award-winning vegan restaurant Die Küche and the newly established music label Kabinet Records, his activities within the music scene are widely spread and thus become an important community center in Brno.
Martin Kozumplík is a founding member of BACH - Brno Club Music Association, which actively participates in current debates on the help of the state and regions of the music scene, affected by anti-coronary measures and associates almost all Brno music clubs.
