Jaroslav UhlÃÂà  (born 14 September 1945) is a Czech composer, pianist and singer. He is known primarily for composing children's songs and music for film. During his career, he collaborated extensively with actor and writer ZdenÃÂk SvÃÂrák, who wrote the lyrics for most of his songs. He has also been a TV host.
Jaroslav UhlÃÂÃ Â was born on 14 September 1945 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He loved music since childhood and graduated from the conservatory. He took a liking to composing simple songs that were catchy, rather than playing complicated compositions.
In the early 1970s, he was a member of the rock bands Providence and Faraon, together with bassist Karel à  ÃÂp. Later, he composed music for Czechoslovak National Radio, where he met ZdenÃÂk SvÃÂrák. With him, UhlÃÂà  released many albums of children's music. He also hosted the television show Hità ¡aráda and later Galaà ¡aráda, where he collaborated with à  ÃÂp. In the 1980s, UhlÃÂà  formed the parody group Triky a povÃÂry with à  ÃÂp and Petra Janà ¯. Between 1988 and 2017, UhlÃÂà  worked with SvÃÂrák on the children's music television show Hodina zpÃÂvu, which spawned a number of operettas, such as O BudulÃÂnkovi and O dvanácti mÃÂsÃÂÃÂkách. Three of these became the basis of the 2014 Jan SvÃÂrák film Three Brothers.
UhlÃÂà  has composed music for the films Long Live Ghosts! (1977), Waiter, Scarper! (1981), Give the Devil His Due (1985), Lotrando a Zubejda (1997), and Jak básnÃÂci neztrácejànadÃÂji (2004), among others.