Robert Jisa
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Robert Jisa was born on April 9, 1970 in the Holesovice quarter of
Prague. Both his parents were musicians-his mother a classical guitar
teacher and his father playing piano and other keyboards. He wanted to
be an aircraft pilot but from the age of five he was strongly
encouraged to play piano and learn music theory. Robert studied Machine
Engineering in high school after which he enrolled in Machine
University of Czech Republic. By this time he had started to play with
several music groups (Spray, Tonic, Parament, Trik...). After
graduating from the Prague Art school (ten years in total) as a piano
major, he enrolled in Jezek's Conservatory, majoring in Music
Composition. Not long after, he left this school to prepare for Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. During this time,
Robert started to work with the Popron, Supraphon, Nextera and Aplaus
record companies in Prague and wrote his first film scores. In 1996,
after a couple of scores, he began to attend Berklee College of Music,
majoring in Film Scoring. By 1999 he had successfully finished his
studies and returned to Prague. One of Robert's first major projects is
the 100-minute motion picture "Not Too Little, Not Too Much". He asked
the famous Boni Pueri Boys Choir for their collaboration, and together
they recorded the unique score for this film. He composed numerous
soundtracks since, worked with Talich Quartet, Slovenian TV and Radio
Orchestra, FOK and others. Composed music for TV commercials (JVC,
Nissan, , IBM, Telecom, DHL, Czech Republic Forest, Tic-Tac etc.) and
released 22 CDs. At present, Robert is working on new CD series of
classical music, ballet show and film scores. During 2008 Robert's
established some new and interesting business relationships with people
and companies in Los Angeles area and after a long consideration
decided to move to LA. This important step is probably going to take
place during 2014. Some upcoming projects are: finishing the Requiem,
the surround soundtracks for "Aldabra" and "Echoes Of Time And The
River"...