David Dorůžka (born 1980 in Prague) is a guitarist and composer. He has played professionally since the age of fourteen. From 1999 to 2002 he studied at Berklee College of Music with Joe Lovano and Mick Goodrick, and Pat Metheny selected him for the Aspen Snowmass Jazz Colony. He lived in New York, where he recorded his debut Hidden Paths (Anděl award 2004), and in Paris. He leads his own trio, is a long-standing member of Jaromír Honzák’s band and performs with Iva Bittová. Animal Music released his albums Silently Dawning (2008), Light Year with Inner Spaces (2012), Apokalypsis with Tiburtina Ensemble (2013), Autumn Tales (2016) and the Anděl-winning Gilgul (2023). He teaches at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. On Amplión Records he took part in the albums Leland Dream by the Marek Novotný Quintet (2013) and Osmosis (2026).
