Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, VitouŔ was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his brother Alan on drums and fellow Czech luminary-to-be Jan Hammer on keyboards. He studied music at the Prague Conservatory (under FrantiŔek PoŔta), subsequently winning an international music contest in Vienna, earning him a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. Read more on Last.fm