Mike Svoboda ist einer der aktivsten, vielseitigsten und gefragtesten Posaunisten – er hat mit Komponisten von Stockhausen bis Zappa zusammengearbeitet. // Svoboda wurde 1960 auf der Pazifikinsel Guam geboren, wuchs in Chicago auf und war dort zunächst als Jazz-Posaunist erfolgreich (1978: Louis Armstrong Award). Nach Abschluß eines Kompositions- und Dirigierstudiums kam er 1981 mit Hilfe eines Kompositionspreises nach England und Deutschland, wo er 1986 in Stuttgart das Meisterstudium im Fach Posaune beendete. 1983 begann eine intensive Zusammenarbeit mit Karlheinz Stockhausen, in dessen Opernzyklus LICHT er die Hauptrolle des Luzifer darstellte, z.B. an der Royal Opera Covent Garden, der Mailänder Scala u.a. Neben vielseitiger Konzerttätigkeit und Festivalauftritten in aller Welt arbeitet Svoboda seit langem mit Komponisten in direktem Austausch zusammen wie z.B. Sandeep Bhagwati, Sid Corbett, Peter Eötvös, Manuel Hidalgo, Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann, Christian Jost, Benedict Mason, Martin Smolka, Matthias Spahlinger, Yehuday Yannay und Frank Zappa. So brachte er in den vergangenen Jahren mehr als 300 Werke zur Uraufführung. Er musiziert in verschieden Jazzformationen (z.B. mit Michael Riessler und Michael Kiedaisch), sowie als Solist mit namhaften Orchestern wie dem Moskauer Sinfonieorchester, den Orchestern des Bayrischen, des Westdeutschen und des Südwestdeutschen Rundfunks, dem Ensemble Modern, dem Schönberg Ensemble, dem KlangForum Wien u.v.a.. Besonders in seinem unterhaltsamen Soloprogramm "Mike Svoboda's Alphorn Special" und seinem Trio "French Kitsch" mit Stefan Hussong, Akkordeon, und Wolfgang Fernow, Kontrabass, kommen seine vielseitigen Qualitäten als Musiker und Entertainer zur Geltung. Mit seinem neuesten Projekt "Richard Wagner: Adult Entertainment" vermischt er Klezmermusik und den Funk des James Brown mit Musik und Biographie des Egomanen Wagner. Zahlreiche CD Aufnahmen unterschiedlicher Stilrichtungen belegen die Arbeit dieses Blechbläsers, welcher zur Zeit als einer der vielseitigsten und international gefragtesten seiner Zunft gilt.
Mike Svoboda is one the most active classical and jazz trombone solist collaborating with composers from Stockhausen to Zappa. As a Composer and Performer hi´s performing own projects ( Alphorn Special, French Kitsch, Adult Entertainement ) throughout the world. Michael Svoboda was born 1960 on the island of Guam und grew up in Chicago where he gigged around playing trombone in various jazz bands and conducting musicals. After winning several prizes (Louis Armstrong Jazz Award 1978 and a BMI Award to young composers 1982), he came to Europe in 1982 and has since built a career as one of the few trombone soloists. He performs regularly at major Festivals (Holland Festival, Berliner Festwochen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, etc.), as soloist with orchestras (Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, South German Radio Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Ensemble Modern, Schoenberg Ensemble , etc.) performs for television and radio and recorded numerous CDs. Besides his varied concert activity, Svoboda worked together with composers such as Sandeep Bhagwati, Sid Corbett, Peter Eötvös, Manuel Hidalgo, Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann, Christian Jost, Benedict Mason, Martin Smolka, Mathias Spahlinger, Yehuday Yannay and Frank Zappa creating over 300 new works for trombone. He also collaborated intensivly for ten years with Karlheinz Stockhausen in whose opera cycle LICHT Svoboda has appeared at La Scala, the Leipzig Opera, and the Royal Opera Covent Garden in the role of Lucifer. With a repertoire extending from the earliest works for solo trombone to the most experimental contemporary scores, including chamber music projects such as Quartett Avance and various jazz formations, he is one of today's most sought after brass players. With his show "Mike Svoboda's Alphorn Special" he has performed hundreds of concerts from New York to Toyko, Berlin to Barcelona,Houston to Krakow. As a composer and arranger he has enjoyed sucess with his trio "French Kitsch" featuring Stefan Hussong, accordion, and Wolfgang Fernow, bass. His newest project called "Richard Wagner: Adult Entertainment" centers not only around music and biography of the famous opera egomaniac Wagner, but also a touch of Klezmer and the Funk of James Brown.
Mike Svoboda is one the most active classical and jazz trombone solist collaborating with composers from Stockhausen to Zappa. As a Composer and Performer hi´s performing own projects ( Alphorn Special, French Kitsch, Adult Entertainement ) throughout the world. Michael Svoboda was born 1960 on the island of Guam und grew up in Chicago where he gigged around playing trombone in various jazz bands and conducting musicals. After winning several prizes (Louis Armstrong Jazz Award 1978 and a BMI Award to young composers 1982), he came to Europe in 1982 and has since built a career as one of the few trombone soloists. He performs regularly at major Festivals (Holland Festival, Berliner Festwochen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, etc.), as soloist with orchestras (Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, South German Radio Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Ensemble Modern, Schoenberg Ensemble , etc.) performs for television and radio and recorded numerous CDs. Besides his varied concert activity, Svoboda worked together with composers such as Sandeep Bhagwati, Sid Corbett, Peter Eötvös, Manuel Hidalgo, Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann, Christian Jost, Benedict Mason, Martin Smolka, Mathias Spahlinger, Yehuday Yannay and Frank Zappa creating over 300 new works for trombone. He also collaborated intensivly for ten years with Karlheinz Stockhausen in whose opera cycle LICHT Svoboda has appeared at La Scala, the Leipzig Opera, and the Royal Opera Covent Garden in the role of Lucifer. With a repertoire extending from the earliest works for solo trombone to the most experimental contemporary scores, including chamber music projects such as Quartett Avance and various jazz formations, he is one of today's most sought after brass players. With his show "Mike Svoboda's Alphorn Special" he has performed hundreds of concerts from New York to Toyko, Berlin to Barcelona,Houston to Krakow. As a composer and arranger he has enjoyed sucess with his trio "French Kitsch" featuring Stefan Hussong, accordion, and Wolfgang Fernow, bass. His newest project called "Richard Wagner: Adult Entertainment" centers not only around music and biography of the famous opera egomaniac Wagner, but also a touch of Klezmer and the Funk of James Brown.
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