Performances + Events
Richard Svoboda
Education and Training
BM, University of Nebraska. Studies with William Winstead, George Berry, Gary Echols.
Awards and Recognition
Principal Bassoon, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chair of NEC Woodwind Department
Featured Links
Boston Symphony Premieres a Work of ‘Searing Beauty’ at Carnegie Hall Spotlight on SvobodaCollaborations
Boston Symphony Chamber PlayersAmong Svoboda’s BSO concerto appearances have been performances of John Williams’s Five Sacred Trees, with the composer conducting, and the Weber Concerto under the baton of Seiji Ozawa. Of special interest to bassoonists among his many recordings with the BSO would be discs of Ravel’s Bolero (including Alborada del gracioso) with Bernard Haitink, as well as Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 with Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Former faculty of Symphony School of America (Wisc.) and Grand Teton Orchestral Seminar. Current faculty of Tanglewood Music Center
Curriculum Vitae
BM, University of Nebraska. Studies with William Winstead, George Berry, Gary Echols.
- Principal Bassoon, Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Chair of NEC Woodwind Department
Affiliated Departments and Programs
Woodwinds
