”The musician does not invent improvisation, instead he humbly mediates to his listeners what his soul is full of”- these are words of the best contemporary Czech improviser Jaroslav Vodrážka, organist, composer and pedagogue

He studied organ at the Prague Conservatory of Music and at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague. During his concert activity he excelled at organ improvisation which made him famous not only in our country but in all Europe. He was a teacher at the Prague Conservatory of Music and at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague. He passed his experience in organ, improvisation and Gregorian chant interpretation on to most of the contemporary well-known organists in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Many pupils came to him from abroad and after finishing their studies with prof. J. Vodrážka they returned to their home countries to work there. In the field of composition he has specialized in sacred music. He has made many recordings for radio, television, phonograph and CD’s.

• Improvisation