caption website years_active label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
sp to you '' front cover of `` a robot is talking -lsb- http://www.romantic-robot.com/ www.romantic-robot.com -rsb- 1968 -- present romantic robot , supraphon , panton records alexander goldscheider
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 22 june 1950 synthesizer , piano , computers electronic music , classical music , instrumental music odysseus.jpg prague , czechoslovakia alexander goldscheider composer , producer , computer specialist
alexander goldscheider

alexander goldscheider -lrb- born june 22 , 1950 in prague -rrb- is a czech-born composer , music producer , and computer specialist living since 1981 in london .
he read music at charles university in prague , and received a phd for the analysis of the music of `` the beatles '' .
initially a music writer , critic , and radio/club dj -lrb- 1968 -- 73 -rrb- , he moved to songwriting and music production , becoming a staff producer at supraphon -lrb- 1976 -- 79 -rrb- , where he produced a number of pop , rock , and jazz lps of czech singers and bands .
he pioneered the use of synthesizers in czechoslovakia and recorded his own music for records -lrb- panton records , supraphon -rrb- , tv , and films .
he moved to london in 1981 , recorded two solo albums -lrb- '' `` themes for a one-man-band vol .
1 & 2 '' '' -rrb- , and in 1983 worked at the bbc radiophonic workshop producing his own music for radio , tv , and films .
goldscheider then co-founded a music and computer company -lrb- romantic robot -rrb- , which initially designed and manufactured software -lrb- music typewriter , trans-express , genie , wriggler -rrb- and hardware -lrb- multiprint , videoface , multifaces 1 , 2 , 3 , 128 and st -rrb- for sinclair spectrum , amstrad cpc , and atari computers ; .
romantic robot became a recording label in 1991 , when goldscheider produced and released a 2-cd set with music written and performed in a czech concentration camp -- '' '' .
the set included children 's opera '' `` brundibár '' '' by hans krása , which has since been staged , recorded , and filmed all over the world .
in addition to producing another cd -lrb- `` an american in prague -- aaron copland conducts the czech philharmonic orchestra '' -rrb- , goldscheider has since concentrated on writing , performing , and producing his own compositions , recording classical singers , large choruses , and the romantic robot orchestra on cds such as '' `` stabat mater '' '' and '' `` the song of songs '' '' , with occasional detours into web design .
