In his teenage years, Koudalek studied with guitarists and teachers including Karl Scheit (Koudelak was one of his last students) at the
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, at the Zurich University of Music and Arts with
Konrad Ragossnig and was one of the few students of
Julian Bream in Liechtenstein l. He obtained a
Bachelor's degree, a
Master of
Art Education degree, the
Masters of Arts degree and the
Magister (degree) in Vienna and Zurich . During his time in Vienna he also studied
contemporary music with
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati. Koudelak lived from 1983 to 1986 in Spain, learning with
flamenco guitarists the flamenco technique. In that time he became a friend of the flamenco guitarist
Merenge de Cordoba. Later he changed from the
apoyando technique to a combination of
apoyando and
sin apoyar. Shortly after he became a prize winner of the guitar competition
Fundación Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero in Madrid, he was contacted by a Swiss concert agency with which he signed a long-year contract as well an exclusive contract with Tyrolis Music. In 1989 he recorded his first album with Tyrolis Music,
Guitar Music from Spain, Mexico and Brazil, and in 1993 the CD
Modern Works for Guitar. He performed at music festivals and concerts in Europe, in Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Greece or Liechtenstein. He performed
premieres in
Vienna of works by the composers Roman Haubenstock-Ramati,
Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Michael Buchrainer The 1996 album
Joaquin Rodrigo - Guitar Music and the 1997
Pavana Triste were released by Tyrolis Music and led him to
music festivals and
concert halls. ==21st century==