Petr Hapka (* 13.5.1944)

composer, musician and conductor. Studies viola and singing at musical college. Compositions of scenic music and movie soundtracks. In pop music, long term cooperation with lyrics writer Michal Horacek. Writes songs for Hana Hegerova, also some other Czech pop stars (Vaclav Neckar, Hana Zagorova, Richard Muller aj.) and also for himself. In his music, some relations to french chanson can be found, including a lot of of sentiment. Many local hits (S cizi zenou v cizim pokoji with M.Kocab; Stesti je krasna vec, Baroko, Srdce jako knize Rohan with R.Muller; the last one Bude mi lehka zem with Jana Kirschner)

Discography

1. Potmesily host (Hana Hegerova, LP Supraphon 1987)

2. V penzionu Svet (Supraphon 1988)

3. Citova investice (1997)

4. Mohlo by tu byt i lip (2001)

Compilation:

 I. Zlata kolekce (5CD with complete albums 1.-4. and a bonus CD, Reader's Digest 2002)

Sample1 (WMA): Levandulova (H.Hegerova, album 1., 59", 363 kB)

Sample2 (MP3): Divam se, divam (P.Hapka+L.Bila, album 3, 60", 356 kB)

Links: Wikipedia (Czech only)