Emil Skoták- conductor

Born in 1954 in Brno, at the age of five he began learning to play the piano.
From this age and for the rest of his life he excelled in all of his musical endeavours.

1975 - he graduated from The Musical school Brno with an emphasis in trumpet performance

1981 - he graduated from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts where he developed his conducting skills under the tutelage of Professors Otakar Trhlík and František Jílek

1982 - he took his conducting experiences in the army artistic band in Tábor where he worked as the director

1982 - 85 - his musical carrier reached new heights when he was appointed as the conductor of The Teplice Philharmonic Orchestra (North Bohemia)

1983- he was chosen together with thirty young conductors from all the world to participate in the competition of G. Fittelberg in Katowice (Poland)

1985 - 90 - his carrier has progressed as the choir conductor in The Music Theatre in Brno

1991 - 92 - head conductor of Brno Philharmonic Choir

1991 - 93 - producer of the musical Broadcasts of Brno

Since 1989 Mr. Skoták has been sharing his experience and knowledge as a professor at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts where he utilizes his conducting skills from classical baroque styles to jazz.
Recently he has been participating in several main projects in The City Theatre of Brno (Midsummer Nights' Dream, West Side Story, Bastard). The rock opera Bastard (S. Moša - Z. Merta )he has conducted for more than 200 times (72 times in the historical building of the National Theatre in Prague in 1994 -1996).