František Otakar Kukula is a Czech jazz drummer and composer based in Prague. He studied jazz drums at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory under Daniel Šoltis and continued at the Jaroslav Ježek Higher Vocational School in the class of Martin Šulc. Since 2024 he has been studying jazz performance at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU), where his teachers are Marek Urbánek and Jiří Slavík.
He is an active performer on the contemporary Czech jazz scene. His main artistic focus is his original project Osmosis, a contemporary jazz ensemble whose debut album was released by Amplión Records in 2026. Alongside Osmosis he is involved in a wide range of projects and collaborations, including Yo Soy Indigo (alternative), Ellena Sonenshine Quartet (classic jazz), Martin Hrubec Trio (modern jazz), Trio Bengr (free music), Bizarre Band (songwriting), Fortet (fusion) and various trio formations focused on free and improvised music. He regularly works as a sideman and substitute drummer and has collaborated with artists such as Kristina Barta, David Dorůžka, Vojtěch Procházka and Daniel Bulatkin.
In addition to his concert activity he frequently performs as a house drummer in Prague jazz clubs, gaining extensive experience in diverse line-ups and spontaneous musical situations. His artistic interests focus on contemporary jazz, collective improvisation, rhythmic structures, sound exploration and the interaction between composition and improvisation. Amplión Records has released the debut album Osmosis (2026) and, with Bizarre Band, the album Dokola ticho (2021).
