ZDENĚK BARTÁK: A musical wizard who breathed an immortal rhythm into Prague’s passages We have been humming his melodies for decades without ever realizing that one and the same person stands behind them. Zdeněk Barták is the author of iconic hits that became folk classics, the resident composer for the most successful Czech films and series, and the only Czech to conquer the Asian musical market so decisively that he won “Asian Oscars.” As the patron of the Broadway Passage (formerly Sevastopol), he now returns to the places that fundamentally shaped his work and his life.