Music composer, arranger, keyboard player and teacher

Leoš J. Kuba 

studied piano at the Folk School of Arts and then privately with František Kratochvíl. He completed his music education by studying composition at the Music Faculty of JAMU with professors A. Piňos and Fr. Emmert. He studied film score with Z. Pololáník, piano improvisation with A. Linka and postgraduate course Conducting symphony orchestra with doc. E. Skoták. He participated in the International Jazz Pianist Competition in Poland and in the International  M. Solal Competition  in Paris.
In 1988 he won the Jazztival Prize in Brno (today Jazzfest) for the most impressive musical style.
From 1990 he worked as keyboard player, arranger and occasionally as a conductor at the National Theatre Brno, then at the Brno City Theatre
He played his own compositions and arrangements under the leadership of prominent conductors of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zlín Philharmonic Orchestra, the Olomouc Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Castle Guards and Police, Petr Macek Orchestra, Václav Marek Blue Star Band, Ústí nad Orlicí Brass Orchestra, etc ..

Overview of cooperation with artists:
Since 1985 he played the piano in the jazz group Jam Trio:
then with double bass player J. Kalasz, drummer P. Kozma and saxophonist L. Tamaškovič;
With guitar player Milan Kašuba, he played in the TV show M klub 1988
Collaboration with singer Zuzana Růžičková, record of performances from Brno jazz club 1991
Film score Veliká stavba - directed by Jiří Vanýsek 1992
Collaboration with Zdeněk Merta on Musical Bastard 1993
With Jiří Vondrák on CD Chansons and Songs 1994
With the children's choir Kantiléna - choirmaster Valerie Maťašová performed compositions Říkadla and Rybí kino 1995
With saxophonist Jan Smolík - Concert for tenor saxophone and symphony orchestra, conductor Petr Pololáník 1996
For the cellist Pavel Šabacký the composition Moods for 7 Cellos 1996
With Arne Linka and Zdeněk Pololáník ballet Romeo, Juliet and Darkness to text by J. Otčenášek, for Laterna Magika 1997
With singer Irena Budweiser - Thanksgiving Mass 1998
For the bassoon player Jiří Jakubec the composition Bassoon Quartet 1999
For the violinist Jakub Výborný and the string quartet Nostalgia, the composition Nostalgia 2000
Musical Journey - for ZUŠ Brno Veveří, directed by Aleš Kučera 2003
For The City Theatre of Brno-orchestral arrangement of musicals Nana music by Miloš Štědroň, lyrics by Milan Uhde, directed by Petr Kracík 2005
Actress and singer Jana Musilová, CD - Life is Wonderful 2004, 2005
Music arrangement -Red and black lyrics by M. Uhde, music by M. Štědroň, directed by Juraj Deák 2008
2008 cooperation with Petr Macek Orchestra
Together with the composer and teacher Prof. Miloš Štědroň, he is the co-author of the musical Divá Bára on the libretto of Milan Uhde, directed by Juraj Nvota, premiere March 2012, City Theatre of Brno

2013 transcription and arrangement of songs by pre-WW2 composers K. Běhounek, J. Stelibski, J. Traxler, S.E. Nováček and J. Ježek for the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra and Václav Marek's Blue Star Band
2014 mixes of melodies from children's films, fairy tales and bedtime stories for the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Zlín
2015-19 music preparation of scores and parts for important performer Gabriela Beňáčková - Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Netrebko - PKF and Eva Urbanová
Music arrangements of concert for children and youth from Czech popular melodies from films and fairy tales by authors such as Z. Svěrák, J. Uhlíř, J. Hammer, Z. Liška, K. Svoboda- PKF, Rudolfinum 2016
Symphonic Arrangement for mixed choir and orchestra of H. Zimmer from Rock for CNSO 2017
Arrangement of songs for HHS and Police CR 2018
2019 arrangement of songs for Brass Orchestra Ústí nad Orlicí with singer Eva Adams

Transcription and instrumentation of the concert "The Second Face" for the group Barock with Eva Urbanova, collaboration with singer Iva K. (Gruber)

2020 Arrangement and orchestration for the Belcanto concert tour

2021  arrangement of Vlasta Burian's songs for male vocal quartet VOX Q  

Educational activity:
1995-1996 Dance Conservatory Brno
1996-2000 Musical Department of Difa Jamu
2000-2016 Basic School of Arts Brno Smetanova 8
at present Basic School of Arts PhDr. Zbyňek Mrkos.

Original large orchestra composition:

Concerto for tenor saxophone and symphony orchestra

Rhapsody for orchestra 

Overture Sic luceat- for large brass orchestra