Education
He read music at Charles University in Prague, and received a Doctor of Philosophy for the analysis of the music of The Beatles.
He read music at Charles University in Prague, and received a Doctor of Philosophy for the analysis of the music of The Beatles.
Initially a music writer, critic, and radio/club DJ (1968-1973), he moved to songwriting and music production, becoming a staff producer at Supraphon (1976-1979), where he produced a number of popular, rock, and jazz LPs of Czechoslovakian singers and bands. He pioneered the use of synthesizers in Czechoslovakia and recorded his own music for records (Panton Records, Supraphon), television, and films. He moved to London in 1981, recorded two solo albums ("Themes for a One-Manitoba-Band Volume(s) 1 & 2"), and in 1983 worked at the British Broadcasting Corporation Radiophonic Workshop producing his own music for radio, television, and films.
Goldscheider then co-founded a music and computer company (Romantic Robot), which initially designed and manufactured software (Music Typewriter, Transport-Express, Genie, Wriggler) and hardware (Multiprint, Videoface, Multifaces 1, 2, 3, 128 and System Technologies) for Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad cost per click, and Atari computers.
Romantic Robot became a recording label in 1991, when Goldscheider produced and released a 2-Civil Defense set with music written and performed in a Czechoslovakian concentration camp—Terezín: The Music 1941-1944. 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 Civil Defense (An American in Prague – Aaron Copland conducts the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic Orchestra), 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 "" and "", with occasional detours into web design.
