He was born on January 23, 1954 in Havlíčková Brod. After graduating from high school, he studied classical guitar at the Prague State Conservatory. He started out as a folk musician, from the age of fifteen he was a member of several genre groups. In 1981 he was the birthplace of the Prague group Jasná Páka. Drummer David Koller was also a member.
“I was finishing the conservatory, teaching children to play the guitar and wondering what to do next. My then partner and then wife and I decided to start a band. It was called Mrňous Singers, David Koller played drums and Dáda Albrecht, later members of Jasná Páka, he sang. We tried a lot, but we only played one concert. Later, we decided to found a new band, get rid of politics and do what we want. We called ourselves Jasná Páka, “recalled Ambrož in a interview for Novinky.
Michal Ambrož from Jasná Páka: We just wanted to have fun
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In its first phase, the group only existed for two years, then the ban came due to the Nová vlna article with old contents from the Tribuna magazine of the time. She only returned to the stage in 2008.
In 1984, some of its members continued under the name of Hudba Praha. “Bassist Jiří Plech Novotný’s grandfather, in whose house we rehearsed in Střešovice in Prague, greeted the musicians with the words: ‘Music! Prague!’. We thought it was so stupid and harmless that we put it in our name “, Ambrož told Novinkám some time ago.
The band existed in three periods, the last one started in 2009. Ambrož was also a member of the Divoký srdce group at the turn of the nineties and zeroes. In 2016, in collaboration with musician and producer David Koller, he released the album Heartfelt Story.
He conducted programs on Radio Beat and, in addition to his musical activities, managed the management of a small hydroelectric power station on the Sázava River.
