Petr Ulrych

Czech musician and composer (born 1944)

Pop
folk
rock

Occupation(s)Musician, composerInstruments

Guitar
piano
double bass
vocals

Years active1961–presentMember ofJavory, Javory BeatFormerly of

Vulkán
Atlantis

Websitejavory.cz

Musical artist

Petr Ulrych (born 21 February 1944) is a Czech musician as well as film and theatre composer. He is the brother of Hana Ulrychová, with whom he leads the folk band Javory and its rock-oriented cousin, Javory Beat. In the 1960s, the duo played in the band Vulkán and later formed Atlantis.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

After finishing high school, Ulrych studied aeronautical engineering at the military academy in Brno, as well as studying the piano privately and the double bass at the Brno Conservatory for two years.^[1] In 1961, he co-founded the Divadlo bez tradic theatre in Brno, where he was later joined by his younger sister Hana. In 1964, he joined the rock band Vulkán and three years later, formed the rock group Atlantis together with Hana.

During the Normalization era in Czechoslovakia, the band's rock sound was forbidden, as were Ulrych's politically themed lyrics, causing him to abandon the group and form the folk-tinged project Javory, again with Hana in tow.^[1] Years later, he returned to his original beat style with the rock-oriented cousin project Javory Beat.^[1]

Ulrych has also composed music for film and theatrical productions. In 2001, he won the Alfréd Radok Award for Koločava at the Brno City Theatre.

Selected musical work

Scores

Sonáta pro zrzku (1980)^[3]
O statečném kováři (1983)
My holky z městečka (1985)^[4]
Thanks for Every New Morning (1994)

Discography

With Atlantis

Odyssea (1969 – not released until 1990)

With Hana Ulrychová

13 HP (1971)
Hej dámy, děti a páni (1972)
Hana & Petr (1974)
Nikola šuhaj loupežník (1974 – with Orchestr Gustava Broma)
Meč a přeslice (1975)
Best Of – ze starých LP (1998)

With Javory

Ententýny (1978)
Zpívání (1982)
Zpívání při vínečku (1983)
Bylinky (1985)
Příběh (1987)
To nejlepší s Javory (1994)

Solo

Cestou k tichému hlasu (1991)
Bílá místa (1993)
O naději (1997)
Pokoj lidem dobré vůle (1998)
Seď a tiše poslouchej (1999)
Malé zrnko písku (1999)
Koločava (2002)
Šumaři (2003)
Písně (2005)
Stromy, voda, tráva (2006)
Čtyřicet nej (2007)
Bratr sestry (2012)^[5]
Půlstoletí (1964–2014) (2014)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hana a Petr Ulrychovi - od k beatu k folklóru a zpět" [Hana and Petr Ulrych - from beat to folklore and back]. mish-mash.blog.cz (in Czech). 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World by John Shepherd (2005)
^ "Petr Ulrych". fdb.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Seriál My holky z městečka" [Series My holky z městečka]. ceskeserialy.juk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Petr Ulrych: nesnáším hlavně pokrytce a snoby" [Petr Ulrych: I especially hate hypocrites and snobs]. mestohudby.cz (in Czech). 6 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2022.