A-Tempo, founded in Prague in 1993, is an independent, full-service music publisher with deep roots in Central Europe and an international outlook. Established by Petr Bělohlávek as the first independent music publishing company serving the former Czechoslovak market, A-Tempo began as a joint venture with an Austrian publisher. Since 1997, it has operated as an independent, privately owned Czech company under Petr’s leadership. Today, A-Tempo is headquartered in Prague, with a branch office in Bratislava serving the Slovak market and a presence in Kitzbühel supporting its activities and local catalogue in Austria. This regional footprint gives the company detailed knowledge of several distinct music markets while allowing it to provide publishers, composers and other rights holders with coordinated representation across Central and Eastern Europe.
A-Tempo is a direct member of the collecting societies OSA in Czechia, SOZA in Slovakia, Artisjus in Hungary and AKM/Austro Mechana in Austria. It is also represented through local societies in Poland and the countries of the former Yugoslavia. The company is additionally active in neighbouring rights as a member of Intergram in Czechia and Slovgram in Slovakia. As a general music publisher, A-Tempo works across the full musical spectrum. Its catalogues range from classical music and traditional brass-band compositions to pop, film music, electronic music, hip-hop and rap. Its local commercial catalogue includes works by Czech, Slovak and Austrian composers, while its extensive international sub-publishing business represents numerous foreign catalogues comprising approximately two million titles. At the heart of A-Tempo is an experienced professional team committed to the careful and proactive management of the copyrights entrusted to the company. The team combines detailed copyright and royalty administration with close personal support for authors, composers and represented publishers. This means not only protecting and administering rights, but also working actively to identify opportunities, resolve complex local matters and help music reach new audiences and markets.
Synchronization is another important part of A-Tempo’s work. Its specialist sync team handles licensing requests for advertising, film, television and theatre across its territories on a daily basis. Drawing on both international and local catalogues, the team works closely with producers, agencies and other creative partners to find and clear the right music for each project. A-Tempo has also been active in production music since the 1990s, representing a wide selection of prominent international music-library catalogues. Alongside these partnerships, the company owns the All Music Gallery production music library. Focused on high-quality classical music, the library contains approximately 5,000 titles, including many of the world’s best-known classical compositions recorded by respected artists and orchestras.
The company also plays an active role in the wider music publishing community. A-Tempo’s General Manager, Jitka Bělohlávková, serves on the boards of both OSA and SOZA, contributing the company’s experience to discussions concerning authors, publishers and the development of collective rights management in the region. A-Tempo’s work has repeatedly been recognised by the Czech collecting society OSA. Over the past 15 years, the company has received its award for Most Successful Publisher of the Year six times, including for both 2023 and 2024. In 2025, it was once again ranked among OSA’s three most successful publishers. More than three decades after its foundation, A-Tempo remains proudly independent. Its success is built on long-term relationships, specialist local knowledge and a highly professional team that gives equal attention to the interests of international catalogue partners and individual creators. By combining meticulous rights administration with creative, commercial and synchronization expertise, A-Tempo continues to help music of every genre travel across borders and generate lasting value for those who create and own it.
