Radek joined Swallow in 2018 when he returned to the Czech Republic after living and working in London. He teaches both group and one-to-one classes of adults. He quickly built a reputation as a popular and effective teacher. Radek divides his time between teaching and translating. He is originally from Brno where he studied English at university, and where he started his teaching career. Radek plays the drums in two bands, one based in Brno, and the other, BandA, a US/ Irish/ UK/ Czech band with its own unique repertoire of original songs, and inspired covers of amazing tracks from the last 50 years.