After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, class of Dagmar Zárubová, and the Prague Academy of Art and Acting, class of Ivan Štraus, he continued his studies in various foreign institutions: first in Utrecht with Keiko Wataya, later in Lübeck under Shmuel Ashkenasi. At present he is in the last stage of master’s studies under Stefan Picard at the “Musikhochschule Hans Eisler” in Berlin.During his studies he attended numerous master’s courses under prominent musicians. He graduated from the International Academy of Music in Montpelliér (Ruggiero Ricci, Stephen Shipps), took summer courses in Semmering (Hagai Shaham) and attended an international master’s course by Keshet Eilon (Ida Haendel, Georgy Pauk, Vadim Gluzman). He managed to use all the experience gained during his studies in numerous musical competitions . He was awarded the Second Prize and four special awards at the Prague summer competition (“Prague Spring competiton”) in 2003, won the “Yamaha Scholarship” award in 2004, became the “Poet Laureate” of Václav Huml’s ” International Competition” in Zagreb, and in 2005 won the Second Prize in the “Ibolyka-Gyarfas” competition in Berlin. In 2007, he placed third in the ” International Violin Competiton Pablo de Sarasate” in Pamplona.In addition to the above-mentioned awards, Patočka was chosen by the 14th year committee of the ” German Fund of Musical Instruments competition” and was lent for use a violin by Enrico Ceruti (Cremona 1845), a donation recognized by Bleu de Brasil, Fazenda Iparanga.Roman Performs as soloist with prestigious orchestras in the Czech Republic and abroad (Hamburger Symphoniker, Filharmonie Nagoya, La Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia). He has worked together with Jiří Bělohlávek, Vladimír Válek, Jakub Hrůša, Douglas Bostock, James Blair, Yoko Matsuo and Hideaki Hirai. Together with Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Carles Mackerras Patočka, he performed Leoš Janáček’s “Little Souls’s Wandering” . He cooperated with the “Chamber Orchestra Berg” on Bohuslav Martinů’s “Premiére Czech Rhapsody” for violin and orchestra. As a chamber musician, Roman Patočka has collaborated with leading Czech musicians Jiří Bárta, Jan Talich, Radek Baborák, Martin Kasík and Lubomír Malý. He represented the Czech Republic at the international performance ” EXPO 2005″ in Aichi, Japan. Patočka and has performed at numerous festivals: “Les Heures Romantiques au Pays” in Monthodon, “Lange Nacht der Musik” inVienna, “Les Journées Romantiques du Vaisseau Fantôme” in Pargi, “Shafran Festival” at Waldenburg Castle , at the Chopin festival “Mariánské Lázně”, at the “Prague Music Festival” and others. Roman Patočka has recorded numerous pieces for Czech Radio, BBC Radio 3, ORF, Radio 4 Netherlands, Romanian Radio and for Japanese TV NHK. In 2006 with pianist Frédéric Lagard he recorded a CD with music by Beethoven, Suk, Dvořák, Bartók.