Jaroslav Zeman was born in 1936 in Horní Chvatliny (District of Kolín). His father was a band master and his first musical educator. Jaroslav Zeman studied trombone and euphonium and became musician in the military bands in Prague and Písek. After studies of conducting at the State Conservatory in Prague, he was leader of the Pisek Military Music, the Czech Army Central Band, the Garrison Command Band in Prague as well as the Director of the Military Conservatory in Roudnice nad Labem. Performances with the wind orchestra of the Czech Post and Telecommunication from Kolín made him known in Germany.
Jaroslav Zeman composed and arranged more than 250 pieces for wind orchestra, including his famous gallop
“Wirbelwind” and the famous polka “Prager Gassen”.