48 Notable alumni of Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
Updated: May 28, 2026 EliteDegrees
Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno is ranked #7,723 in the world and #32 in Czech Republic by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Tanja Miletić Oručević
1970-. (aged 56)
translator
theatrical director
Tanja Miletić Oručević is a Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator.
2. Viktor Skála
1968-. (aged 58)
actor
television actor
stage actor
Viktor Skála is a Czech stage and television actor. He was born on 3 March 1968, Brno, Czechoslovakia. He is a member of the Brno City Theatre.
3. Petr Altrichter
1951-. (aged 75)
choir director
conductor
musician
Petr Altrichter is a Czech conductor. He studied French horn and conducting at the Conservatory of Music in Ostrava. He also studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He worked as an assistant conductor to Václav Neumann at the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
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4. Sylvie Bodorová
1954-. (aged 72)
composer
music teacher
Sylvie Bodorová is a Czech composer. During a career spanning from the late 1970s to the present day she has composed a large number of works for various instruments, both solo and orchestral pieces, and produced commissions for cities, festivals and organisations around the world. She was a founder (and only surviving) member of the Czech classical group Quattro, formed...
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5. Zdeněk Pololáník
1935-2024 (aged 89)
composer
organist
conductor
music educator
Zdeněk Pololáník was a Czech contemporary composer.
6. Radoslav Kvapil
1934-. (aged 92)
university teacher
teacher
pianist
composer
music educator
Radoslav Kvapil is a Czech pianist.
7. Igor Bareš
1966-. (aged 60)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Igor Bareš is a Czech actor.
8. Bronislav Poloczek
1939-2012 (aged 73)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Bronislav Poloczek was a Polish-Czech theatre and television actor.
9. Jan Budař
1977-. (aged 49)
film director
writer
illustrator
composer
actor
Jan Budař is a Czech actor, director, singer, composer and script writer.
10. Blanka Bohdanová
1930-2021 (aged 91)
painter
writer
pedagogue
actor
poet
Blanka Bohdanová was a Czech film, stage and television actress, who performed over 80 roles at the National Theatre in Prague over a period of more than 50 years. Her best known movie roles were in Romeo, Juliet and Darkness, Když rozvod, tak rozvod and Thirty Cases of Major Zeman. At the 2001 Thalia Awards she won the category of...
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11. Oldřich Navrátil
1952-. (aged 74)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Oldřich Navrátil is a Czech stage, film and television actor. He has appeared in 75 films and television shows since 1976 and starred in the 1982 film Incomplete Eclipse, which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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12. Marek Daniel
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
Marek Daniel is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than 20 films since 1996 and had lead roles in Protector and Prezident Blaník.
13. Zdeněk Mácal
1936-2023 (aged 87)
composer
conductor
Zdeněk Mácal was a Czech conductor who worked internationally. The promising conductor who had won international competitions left his home country of Czechoslovakia in 1968 when the Warsaw Pact ended the Prague Spring, to return only after communism ended there. He was chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne from 1970, the NDR Orchestra of Hanover, the Sydney Symphony...
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14. Zdena Herfortová
1945-. (aged 81)
actor
pedagogue
stage actor
Zdena Herfortová is a Czech film and stage actress. She has performed over 90 theatre roles and 150 television roles. At the 1995 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for the title role in the production of Alžběta Anglická. She performed at the Mahen Theatre in Brno between 1968 and 1992, subsequently transferring to...
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15. Michal Šalomoun
1974-. (aged 52)
jurist
lawyer
politician
Michal Šalomoun is a Czech lawyer and politician who served as Czech Minister of Legislation and chairman of the Government Legislative Council in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to October 2024, nominated by the Czech Pirate Party.
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16. Táňa Fischerová
1947-2019 (aged 72)
television presenter
politician
writer
actor
political activist
Taťana Fischerová was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election.
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17. Alena Antalová
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
Alena Antalová is a Slovak actress.
18. Arnošt Goldflam
1946-. (aged 80)
pedagogue
theatrical director
television presenter
dramaturge
university teacher
Arnošt Goldflam is a Czech playwright, writer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He appeared in more than thirty films between 1986 and 2011.
19. Jana Plodková
1981-. (aged 45)
stage actor
actor
Jana Plodková is a Czech actress. She studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. She speaks German fluently.
20. Jaroslav Plesl
1974-. (aged 52)
actor
Jaroslav Plesl is a Czech actor.
21. Roman Vojtek
1972-. (aged 54)
singer
stage actor
television actor
actor
film actor
Roman Vojtek is a Czech actor, television presenter, and singer.
22. Miroslav Krobot
1951-. (aged 75)
actor
pedagogue
screenwriter
director
film actor
Miroslav Krobot is a Czech theatre director and actor. He starred in the film The Man from London, which was entered into the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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23. Gabriela Vránová
1939-2018 (aged 79)
pedagogue
teacher
film actor
stage actor
television actor
Gabriela Vránová was a Czech actress and voice actress.
24. Vladimír Javorský
1962-. (aged 64)
actor
television actor
film actor
performing artist
stage actor
Vladimír Javorský is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1986 and 2011.
25. Věra Galatíková
1938-2007 (aged 69)
actor
television actor
film actor
university teacher
dub actor
Věra Galatíková was a Czech actress. She acted in Pardubice following her studies at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Galatíková then joined The Drama Club in Prague, where she performed between 1967 and 1972, later performing in other Prague venues including the National Theatre. At the 1994 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in...
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26. Pavel Zedníček
1949-. (aged 77)
actor
television actor
film actor
dub actor
stage actor
Pavel Zedníček is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1976 and 2011.
27. Jiří Dvořák
1967-. (aged 59)
dub actor
actor
Jiří Dvořák is a Czech actor. He starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.
28. Hana Holišová
1980-. (aged 46)
actor
Hana Holišová is a Czech actress and singer. At the 2012 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Musical.
29. Pavel Liška
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
screenwriter
television director
film actor
voice actor
Pavel Liška is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1997.
30. Felix Slováček
1943-. (aged 83)
conductor
saxophonist
composer
jazz musician
clarinetist
Felix Slováček is a Czech clarinetist, conductor, film composer, and saxophonist. He is married to the actress Dagmar Patrasová.
31. Ladislav Frej
1941-. (aged 85)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Ladislav Frej is a Czech actor and voice actor.
32. Václav Neužil
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
Václav Neužil is a Czech actor.
33. Jana Švandová
1947-. (aged 79)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Jana Švandová is a Czech actress. She has appeared in more than 65 films and television shows since 1969.
34. Eva Pilarová
1939-2020 (aged 81)
pop singer
actor
singer
photographer
Eva Pilarová, née Bojanovská was a Czech jazz and pop music singer.
35. Květa Fialová
1929-2017 (aged 88)
dub actor
stage actor
non-fiction writer
actor
film actor
Květa Fialová was a Czech actress. She was best known for her performance in Lemonade Joe.
36. Ondřej Havelka
1954-. (aged 72)
musician
film director
jazz musician
singer
actor
Ondřej Havelka is a Czech jazz and swing singer, actor, and director. He began his musical career singing with the jazz band Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra in 1976 and went on to form his own group, Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers, in 1995. He has worked as an actor since the 1970s, and he is the director of several...
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37. Hana Zagorová
1946-2022 (aged 76)
film actor
stage actor
lyricist
actor
singer
Hana Zagorová was a Czech singer, actress and presenter. She recorded music since 1964 and is considered to be one of the most famous Czech singers. She won the national Zlatý slavík music award on nine occasions between 1977 and 1985, the second highest number of victories in the award's history, after Lucie Bílá, who won the successor award, Český...
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38. Dagmar Havlová
1953-. (aged 73)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Dagmar Havlová is a Czech actress and former First Lady of the Czech Republic. She has appeared in over 50 films and made hundreds of television appearances. She became First Lady upon marrying Václav Havel, the former Czech President, on 4 January 1997.
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39. Jiří Bartoška
1947-2025 (aged 78)
stage actor
television actor
film producer
actor
film actor
Jiří Bartoška was a Czech theatre, television, and film actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His most notable film roles include performances in Sekal Has to Die (1998), All My Loved Ones (1999), and Tiger Theory (2016), as well as the television series Sanitka (1984) and Neviditelní (2014).
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40. Josef Somr
1934-2022 (aged 88)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Josef Somr was a Czech actor. He was noted for starring in the Oscar-winning 1966 film Closely Watched Trains, as well as in The Joke.
41. Karel Heřmánek
1947-2024 (aged 77)
actor
television actor
talent manager
film actor
voice actor
Karel Heřmánek was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of Lucifer in 1984's S čerty nejsou žerty (Give the Devil His Due).
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42. Petra Hřebíčková
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
Petra Hřebíčková is a Czech stage and film actress. Her film debut was in the 2006 comedy I Served the King of England. On stage, she acted for six years at the Zlín City Theatre between 2003 and 2009, during which time she was named the Best Actress in a Play at the 2008 Thalia Awards. Following her Thalia award,...
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43. Eliška Balzerová
1949-. (aged 77)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Eliška Balzerová is a Czech actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1971. She became widely known for the role of physician Alžběta Čeňková in the television series Hospital at the End of the City and Hospital at the End of the City After Twenty Years. She also appeared in films such as Fists in the Dark...
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44. Miroslav Donutil
1951-. (aged 75)
actor
television actor
screenwriter
writer
film actor
Miroslav Donutil is a Czech theatrical, film and television actor, born in Třebíč. Since 1978 when he appeared as Hloch in Čistá řeka, Donutil has been making film and TV appearances. He dubbed the voice of Kevin Costner and Gérard Depardieu.
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45. Jitka Čvančarová
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
actor
Jitka Čadek Čvančarová is a Czech actress, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and a patron of charity organization Debra CR. Čvančarová won four Thalia Award nominations.
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46. Vladimír Menšík
1929-1988 (aged 59)
narrator
film actor
comedian
stage actor
television actor
Vladimír Menšík was a Czech actor and entertainer. He is considered one of the greatest Czech comedians, storytellers and improvisers.
47. Pavel Trávníček
1950-. (aged 76)
director
television actor
voice actor
actor
film actor
Pavel Trávníček is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than 70 film and television productions since 1971, most of them produced in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, occasionally in Germany.
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48. Bolek Polívka
1949-. (aged 77)
playwright
director
actor
clown
film actor
Boleslav Polívka is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films.