Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Fikejz was born on the 21st of June 1954 in Prague, Czech Republic, as a son of mother text-writer Jiřina Fikejzová and father athlete Jaroslav Fikejz. From a childhood he used to take piano and composing lessons by prof. Marta Oberthorová. In 1971 he started a first group Yogurt with his friends from high school. In 1974 D.F. launched jazz-rock group Combo FH, where he became a leader, main author, arranger and keyboard player. With Combo FH he recorded two LPs for Panton (Věci 1981 – published by CBS France too, Situace na střeše 1986 – see Discography) and took part in jazz festivals in Europe. In 1978 he has been awarded a Czech critics prize „Ceny Melodie“ for his original compositions.

In 1981 he graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague in audiorecording technologies and acoustics. In his compositions he always wants to follow and use last up to date technologies, but preferes MEN (not machines) as masters. He gathers inspirations from jazz, rock, serious and also ethnic music.

Since 1983 D. F. has more aimed at scenic (see Theatre) and film (see Film + TV) music across genres. He writes particularly scenic music for dramas (his favourite author is William Shakespeare) and he cooperates with respected directors in many theatres in the Czech republic, Slovakia, Sweden (since 1995 Teatr Sörmland in Nyköping), Poland and France – altogether more than 200 premieres. He has also composed eight musicals and two ballets. In addition he was asked to compose for such interesting multimedia projects (see Multimedia). He also composes music for short films and TV shots, theme tunes for TV and radio stations and he lectures about musical instruments on computer and human factor in their control (see Other Work).

In the years 1998-2016, Teater Sörmland played in Nyköping, Sweden, in various versions (drama, musical, concert) the performance Gästabud, where he composed music.

In December 2008 music publishing company Indies publishes on 2 CD-s all records of Combo FH remastered. As a bonus there are 30 minutes of unpublished records so far. On the pack you can find archival photos, reviews and up interview with Daniel Fikejz posted i November 2008. For more information follow section Discography and label Indiesrec website.

On 7th October 2013 Daniel Fikejz is publishing his new solo album Psí hodinář with 18 songs. It is his first solo album after 27 years. For detailed information follow section Discography, short demonstration of each song is on label Indies MG website. The CD Psí hodinář was baptized in the Kašpar Theatre on 22nd October 2013 at 19:30.

In 2016 the TV movie The Voice for the King of the Romans to which D. F. composed the music was premiered.

In recent years D. F. has also worked with the American production company Gaia.

On 29th July 2022 a stage-concert program Concert for Mr. Shakespeare was first time performed at The Summer Shakespeare Festival. Daniel Fikejz had prepared this project in cooperation with director Filip Nuckolls. The performance is based on a selection of Daniel´s most successful Shakespearean songs in Czech and English originals, combined with well-known quotes from Shakespeare plays translated by Martin Hilský. This performance is being performed also on other stages in Czech Republic.

Daniel Fikejz lives in Prague, Czech Republic (see Contact), with his wife Helena, daughter Klára (1978) and son Filip (1983). His hobbies are literature, cinema, Formula 1 and going in for sports.