Petr Kroutil

Petr Kroutil is a Czech jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, singer, flutist and composer who was born in Prague in 1973.

He studied music from an early age – he started playing the recorder at the age of six and switched to the recorder at the age of nine on the clarinet. After completing his studies at the Botičská Gymnasium, he graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in the field of saxophone and clarinet. In 2003, he studied Performance and Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music. After moving to Nepal for almost two years in January 2004, he attended bamboo flute courses at Kathmandu Music University. Already at the age of 18, he became a member of the Original Prague Synoptic Orchestra.

In 2016, Petr Kroutil founded a big band based on the jazz of the 20s and 30s, the Original Vintage Orchestra (OVO). The vocal trio Hot Sisters, vice-champion of the world in classical dance Nikol Mikesková and director and moderator Jiří Vejdělek regularly collaborate with the big band. Occasional guests of the group were Michal Malátný, Dalibor Gondík, Petr Jablonský, Karel Vágner, Matěj Rupert, Tereza Černochová, Ondřej Havelka, Rosie Havelková, Dani Robinson (USA), Kate Mátl and others.

With the latest musical project KroutiLOVE composed the theme song for the movie Sladký život called By the Way. His wife Jarka Kroutilová provided the lyrics.