Petr Kroutil

Petr Kroutil (born 31 January 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech musician and actor. He is a vocalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader who plays clarinet, flute, saxophone, and the bansuri. Education Kroutil began playing recorder at the age of six. By the age of nine, he had begun studying clarinet. For two years he lived in Nepal to study Indian bamboo flute at Kathmandu University. Career In 1991, at the age of eighteen, Kroutil became a member of the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra. Kroutil gained fame in the Czech Republic. He recorded and performed the soundtrack for the mini-series. In 1996, Kroutil helped form the Prague Swing Orchestra, specializing in swing music of the 1940s. As lead soloist, singer, and emcee, he played at jazz festivals in Europe. The orchestra has performed concerts which were broadcast internationally on television. In 1997, he formed the modern jazz quintet Přátele Tichého Jazzu influenced by American jazz musicians Chet Baker, Stan Getz, and Gerry Mulligan. In 2002, Kroutil released the album Bhakti Junction in London with singer Renu Gidoomal. The British-Indian jazz fusion album included two compositions by Kroutil. He became a me