Composer, conductor, band leader, jazz pianist

Solo Piano

SOLO PIANO JAZZ RECITAL

     In a solo jazz piano recital Milan Svoboda presents mostly his own compositions and improvisation. His style goes much beyond the jazz idiom. Svoboda gave solo recitals in the USA, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries. A recording of his recital from the European Jazz Pianist Festival in Köln, Germany, was broadcasted in spring 1994 by the WDR German television company. V 1997 he presented his recital at the International Jazz Piano Festival at Prague's Rudolfinum Hall. His performance was released on an album entitled “Solo Piano Recital”. In autumn 2003 Svoboda's solo concert was featured within the classical series “World's Piano Works” produced by the FOK agency. A recording of this concert, again at the Rudolfinum Hall, was released on an album entitled “Merging”. In spring 2005 Milan Svoboda presented his solo recital to great acclaim at the Eurojazz Festival in Mexico City, in June 2007 in Beethoven Haus in Bonn, Germany, at the "Jazz am Rhein" festival, in November 2014 in Madrid Jazz Festival in Spain and in February 2016 in Prague Rudolfinum - Dvorak Hall.
  
     Milan Svoboda also performs in a DUO with trumpet player Michal Gera. Together they have been giving occasional concerts since 1982. They played at festivals in The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Poland. The Duo plays exclusively compositions by Svoboda and Gera. The two men, having very similar musical roots and sharing a similar musical vision, complement each other remarkably well. Their joint creativity is captured on the CD entitled “Duo” from 1991. In spring 2007 Milan Svoboda and Michal Gera Duo performed at the Eurojazz Festival in Mexico City (see video).
      
      As a pianist, Milan Svoboda cooperates with various ensembles and soloists both in the jazz and classical genre. He played for example with Luboš Andršt (g), Jiří Stivín (as), Karel Růžička (p) and many other Czech jazz musicians. Twice he lead the international Workshop Band at the Leverkusen Jazz Days Festival. He performed with the violinist Pavel Šporcl, with whom he recorded a CD with the music of Astor Piazzola. Svoboda further performs in a duo setting with cellist Jiří Bárta (Kuwait, Spain), besides playing with the Virtuosi di Praga Orchestra, Talich Chambre Orchestra and the Moravian and North Czech Philharmonic Orchestras. In 2009 Svoboda performed the solo piano part in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" together with the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra and with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Lately he has been presenting his adaptations of The Beatles' songs for symphony orchestra and solo piano with various chamber ensembles and playing the solo part in his own double concert for violin, piano and chamber orchestra entitled "Concerto Grosso".

Latest CD:

MERGING
Milan Svoboda solo piano
(CD Radioservis 2004 - CRO287-2-531)

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Discography:

HOMMAGE AUX BEATLES
Milan Svoboda & Moravian Philharmonic
(CD Double MS 2010 - 012010)

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MERGING
Milan Svoboda solo piano
(CD Radioservis 2004 - CRO287-2-531)

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THE RUDOLFINUM CONCERT
Milan Svoboda, Orchestral Works
(CD Lotos 2002 - LT 0110-2 331)

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SOLO PIANO RECITAL
Milan Svoboda
(CD PJ Music 1997 - PJ0013-2)

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DUO with Michal Gera:

                                                                                                                                                                                                           CD

DUO with Jiří Bárta:

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA                                                                                         CD

                                Prague, Rudolfinum Hall                                                                                                       Germany, Köln

                                                                                                           Mexico City

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Milan Svoboda & Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra:

Hommage aux Beatles - Milan Svoboda & Les Sirėnes String Quartet

          Fool On The Hill                                                                                                                    Obladi Oblada

Photogallery

USA, Santa Barbara, Jungle Book Ballet, 24.3.2019 (new premiere)

Russia, Moscow, 19.12.2018 (MS & C-Jam Jazz Orchestra)

Austria, Bad Goisern, 29.6.2017 (Solo & Big Band)

Praha, NOD, Koncert s Pražskou komorní filharmonií, 9.5.2017

Havlíčkův Brod, Stamicovy slavnosti, 21.4.2017 (Trio Svoboda, Krampl, Reindl)

Jihlava, Mahler Festival, 13.6.2016 (solo & trio)

Germany, Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, M.Svoboda: Concerto grosso, 24.5.2016

Pardubice, sólový koncert s Komorní filharmonií Pardubice, 21.4.2016

Praha, Cafe Campus, Duo Svoboda & Gera, 8.3.2016

Praha, Rudolfinum, Solo Piano Recital, 6.2.2016

Praha, Rudolfinum, Pocta sv. Cecílii, 23.11.2015

Plzeň, festival Jazz bez hranic, 15.10.2015 (MS & Les Sirenes)

Germany Tour, March 2015 (MS piano & Les Sirenes String Quartet - Hommage aux Beatles)

Spain, Madrid Jazz Festival, 5.11.2014 (Solo Piano Recital)

Jazz Goes To Town Hradec Králové, 14.10.2013 (M.Svoboda & M.Gera Duo)

Praha, Novoměstská radnice, 25.4.2013 (Duo Gera - Svoboda)

Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Festival Semana Santa Igrexa da Universidade, 22.3.2013 (Duo Jiří Bárta & Milan Svoboda)

Italy, Cividale del Friuli, San Francesco, 21.7.2012, (MS piano & Gamavila String Quartet - Hommage aux Beatles)

Kuwait, 2.5.2011, Salmia Centr (Duo Jiří Bárta & Milan Svoboda)

Cimrman v říši hudby, 2.6. 2010

Jazz Goes To Town Hradec Králové, 17.10.2007

Germany, Sachsen, MS & Jugend Jazzorchester Sachsen, 30.8.-9.9.2007

Germany, Dresden, 17.3.2005 (Workshop big band & MSQ)

Praha, Rudolfinum, 26.11.2001 (autorský koncert u příležitosti 50. narozenin MS)

Praha, Divadlo ABC, Pěna dní - muzikál, 1994

USA, Boston, Berklee, 1984

Videos 

2021, Teplice, Beethoven Festival - MS solo piano,  MS & Gamavilla String Quartet (Hommage aux Beatles)

2015, Germany, Dortmund, Domicil - MS solo piano & Les Sirenes String Quartet (Hommage aux Beatles)

2010, Praha, Žofín, Festival "Zlatá Praha" - Milan Svoboda Quartet & Jiří Bárta

2010, Karlovy Vary, Městské divadlo - M.Svoboda & Karlovy Vary Symphonic Orchestra (Rhapsody in Blue)

2009, Karlovy Vary - MS piano solo & Karlovy Vary Symphonic Orchestra (Hommage aux Beatles) (amateur video)

2007, Mexico City Jazz Festival - Duo M.Svoboda & M.Gera (amateur video)

2001, Praha, Rudolfinum, MS 50 anniversary concert - MS Solo, Quartet, Big Band, Symphony Orchestra

1994, Germany, Köln, Subway - Milan Svoboda Solo Piano Recital

1986, "Hudební ozvěny" - Duo M.Svoboda & M.Gera

1980, "Hudební mládí" - Duo M.Svoboda & M.Gera

1977, "Hudební občasník" - M.Svoboda, organ solo, Prague Big Band

Booking and contact

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