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Czech jazz star woos Taipei fans

The
Prague Conservatory Jazz Orchestra performs in Taipei Sept. 30. (Courtesy
of Taipei City government)

Publication Date：10/01/2010

Source： Taiwan Today

By  June Tsai

Musical luminary Milan Svoboda and his Prague Conservatory Jazz
Orchestra played in Taipei Sept. 30, captivating local music lovers with
their trademark silky sounds and continental flair.

“I am very happy to have performed in Taiwan and had a wonderful
experience,” Svoboda said. “Our countries are so far apart geographically
and culturally, but music brings us together.”

Svoboda, 59, is one of the most important figures in the development of
jazz music in the Czech Republic. His eclectic musical style, which fuses
comedic expression with jazz and hip-pop, has won the artist accolades
around the world during a 30-year career.

The orchestra comprises students from Prague-based Jaroslav Jezek
Conservatory and College, which is considered the top tertiary institution
for jazz music in Central Europe.

According to Svoboda, he began playing jazz a few years after Soviet
tanks rolled through the streets of Prague in 1968. “For me, the music was
a way of sharing stories during these hard times; it was also one of the
few ways I could be free.”

The orchestra’s one-off gig in Taipei was part of a cultural exchange
event organized by the Taipei and Prague city governments.

Svoboda and his band were accompanied by a delegation from Prague,
including Deputy Mayor Marie Kousalikova, Assemblyman Ivan Bednar and
conservatory deputy director Jiri Kulisev.

“This is the first time for such event to take place and we hope it
will not be the last,” Kousalikova said. “Czech jazz has a unique sound
and we hope to bring it back to Taiwan in the future. We also welcome
Taiwanese groups to play in Prague.” (JSM)

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