Jaroslav Uhlíř (born 14 September 1945) is a Czech composer and pianist from Prague.

[1] In the early 1970s, he was a member of the rock bands Providence and Faraon, together with bassist Karel Šíp.

Later, he composed music for Czechoslovak National Radio, where he met Zdeněk Svěrák.

[3] In the 1980s, Uhlíř formed the parody group Triky a pověry with Šíp and Petra Janů.

Between 1988 and 2017, Uhlíř worked with Zdeněk Svěrák on the children's music television show Hodina zpěvu, which spawned a number of operettas, such as O Budulínkovi and O dvanácti měsícčkách.