Miroslav Pudlak studied composition at the Prague Conservatory and musicology at Charles University, Prague and Université Paris VIII. He participated at composer's courses in Darmstadt, Kazimierz, and Amsterdam. He was a founder and artistic director of the contemporary music ensemble Agon (1985 - 1990). In 1993 he won the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields' "Young Composer Award". The same orchestra commissioned and premiered his orchestra piece "A Winged Creature", later performed also by the Jupiter Orchestra in London, the Prague Chamber Orchestra at ISCM WMD 2000 in Luxembourg, and recorded by the Prague Philharmonia for the Czech Radio. From 1995 - 1996 Pudlak was active at California State University in Long Beach and the University of Oregon as a visiting composer and lecturer under the auspices of a Fulbright Fellowship. Currently he teaches music theory at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in Prague. He is a conductor of the contemporary music group Mondschein Ensemble. His music has been performed in contemporary music festivals and concerts in the US, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Finland, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Mongolia and France and recorded on CDs by Arta Records label.

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