Pavel Svoboda

This article is about Czech politician. For the Czech organist, see Pavel Svoboda (organist).

Pavel Svoboda (born 9 April 1962) is a Czech politician and lawyer. Svoboda was born in Prague and studied Law Faculty at Charles University. He's also D.E.A. degree from Université Sciences Sociales in Toulouse. From 2007 to 2009, Svoboda was an Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe. From 23 January 2009 to 8 May 2009, he was minister without portfolio and chairman of the Government's Legislative Council.

In May 2014 he was elected Member of the European Parliament for KDU-ČSL, part of European Peoples Party. Subsequently he was elected Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).

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Pavel Svoboda (organist)

Pavel Svoboda (born in 1987 in Opočno, Czech republic) is a Czech Organist.

This organist and harpsichordist graduated from the Conservatory of Pardubice (prof. Josef Rafaja and Doc. Vaclav Rabas). Since 2008, he has been studying at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at Doc. Jaroslav Tuma and since 2010 at the University of the Arts in Berlin at Leo van Doeselaar. He performs at music festivals, cooperates with violinist Iva Kramperová and as a soloist he plays with the orchestras (Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra etc.). Since 2004 he has been a standing organist and cembalist of Barocco sempre giovane chamber orchestra (artistic director Josef Krečmer). He makes CD recordings, as well as those for Český rozhlas and the Czech Television. He is also active as a dramaturge and organizer of the classical music festivals in Bohemia, in 2011 he became artistic director of The International Music Festival of F. L. Vek.

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