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He became a freelance music publicist focusing on world music, folk and traditional music in the early 1990s. He also contributes to the music magazine Harmonie, regularly collaborates with Czech Radio Vltava, belongs to the dramaturgical team of the Colors of Ostrava festival and participates in the production role of Czech Music Crossroads.
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:: since 1999 fateful connection with the Beseda u Bigbítu festival in Tasov, Slovakia, where I still work as the curator of the music program
:: at the beginning of the zero years promotional activities at Redblack, study of journalism, establishment of the civic association Žebřiňák and the beginnings of more serious music journalism (eg Freemusic or Literární noviny)
:: follow-up study of social and marketing communication and in December 2004 another turning point in life: moving to Prague and almost five years of experience as a spokesman for the Railway Inspectorate
:: in the summer of 2009 I am heading to X Production, where I am in charge of the music division, two years later I have the first moderator episode on Radio 1 (hit chart Big Seven) and since June 2012 after leaving X Production I am heading to the Ministry's press department transport
:: I also participate in parallel in a number of music projects, especially in the PR support of records of bands I believe in (Grains - Soundtrack to the end of the world, Heavenly Peace), Midi People - all from the second album, Two - Nipomo, Čokovoko - Music, Monikino Kino - Holidays, Korben Dallas - Banská Bystrica, Orff Brothers - Twilight, Mucha - the first two boards, Kyklos Galaktikos - Among the Gap Hunters, Ventolin - Welcome, Floex & Tom Hodge - A Portrait Of John Doe, An Animal Named Autumn - September, Katarzia - Celibát, Krajina Ró - Hotel Blázen ...)
:: in February 2013 I also started participating in the editorial work, running and management of Frontman, and since January 2019, after leaving the Ministry of Transport, I have again devoted myself fully to music ...
Former playwright of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Viktor Palák, has achieved a lot and is catching up. He writes about music and film, organizes concerts with the Jednota collective, moderates the author's show on Radio Wave and collaborates with the promoters of Fource Entertainment. He also writes for Full Moon Magazine.
Head of PR and marketing at SoundCzech, the official music office that would like to help Czech music develop. Many years on the route of journalism, PR, marketing, music and culture in general. In the past, working for Czech Radio 1, Brutal Assault, Médea, River Promotions, Obscure Promotion, E15, Aerofilms, Muzikus or Full Moon. Currently, for example, the Artu Kus festival, Headliner, Frontman.cz, several bands and projects and another thousand small things. If I'm not behind the podium, I may be standing on it. Or somewhere else.
- band manager since 2002
- since 2006 participation in international fairs and conferences
- since 2008 he has been working for the Indies Production agency, which is part of the Indies Scope publishing house
- bands: Thom Artway, Kafka Band, Tara Fuki, Ghost of You, BraAgas, Hruba Hudba
- concerts: in the Czech Republic, Europe and far abroad (Mexico, India, Borneo, Reunion, Pakistan)
Music publicist, musician, traveler and photographer. At present, in addition to the UNI magazine, he contributes to Lidové noviny, the monthly magazines Harmonie and Rock & All and to the website of the Czech Radio Jazz station. He travels not only for music, he has traveled to a number of African countries, the Middle East, Indonesia, Indochina, India, China and part of Latin America, he has also visited Antarctica and Siberia. In the 1990s, he made a living as a musician, including a member of the band Domácí kapela, and released his solo album Shadows in Silence. He organized three exhibitions of photographs with music and travel themes.