Karel Valdauf (25. 10. 1913 - 4. 7. 1982) - composer and musician, one of the most prominent Czech brass.

Karel Valdauf was born into a musical family in Trhov� Sviny. Violin lessons from ten years, twelve already featured in his grandfather's band. In 1928 he began studying at the Military School of Music, and two years later he joined a military band. Karel Valdauf was a multi-instrumentalist who managed violin as good as saxophone, accordion or guitar. In the war in 1942 he founded the Salon Orchestra, who performed under the auspices of a civilian criminal police. The greatest glory then reaped the string orchestra Karla Valdauf and especially brass music Valdaufinkou . Karel Valdauf in musical arts studied further and in 1954 passed the state examination of the orchestra and choir.

Many of his songs, among them the polka Under one roof, , B�eznick� or Berounsk� in his time became hits. Total wrote one hundred and fifty songs, whether swift and energetic polkas and waltzes romantically captivating. Birthplace of Charles Valdauf in Trhov� Sviny now serves as a museum in his honor on organizing an annual brass band festival.