Petr Kroutil. One of the most distinctive and most charismatic musicians in Europe. Petr studied saxophone and clarinet at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague. In addition, he studied Jazz Composition and Performance at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music in Boston. He studied bamboo flute at Kathmandu University in Nepal. Petr Kroutil’s biggest and most successful project so far is the big band Original Vintage Orchestra, where he currently acts as a bandleader, soloist (sax., Clar., Indian flute), singer and arranger.

In the US he accompanied the The Platters with Herb Reid, Marty Allen, Kenny James, Victor Mendoza’s Afro-Latin American Big Band, Joe Mareiny – a member of the Louis Armstrong All Stars Band. Kroutil also performed alongside with phenomenal drummer Dave Weckl, Chris Minh Doky and Dean Brown from Brecker Brothers. He holds the B.E.S.T. Award Of Berklee College Of Music.

He was the only Czech musician to play at the opening festival of the Olympics in London in 2012. For this purpose he made a music arrangement of the song Škoda lásky (Beer Barrel Polka) in swing style. The Trafalgar Square was attended by 25,000 people and the concert was broadcasted by the BBC.

Petr Kroutil and Chuck Wansley expanded to the US with a musical project in 2019 where, along with the Hollywood Dancers, they attracted more than 1,000 visitors to the famous Millennium Baltimore Hotel in Los Angeles (until 1943 the Academy Awards were taking place there).

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Ondřej Kabrna. After finishing high school in1994 he joined the piano department of the Conservatory of Jaroslav Ježek. He graduated from the piano program in the year 2000. Since 1999, he has begun teaching at the Conservatory. In 2016 he further graduated from the piano program at the Academy of Music in Prague, where he studied with Karel Ruzicka and Jiri Slavik. His master thesis was Transformations of Jazz, which was influenced by the music of the Jewish author Erwin Schulhoff.