is an American composer and trombonist who lives and works in Switzerland.
Born in Guam, Svoboda grew up in Chicago and studied composition and conducting at the University of Illinois. In 1981, he came to Germany on the basis of a composition prize. There, he studied trombone at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. From 1984 to 1995, he worked as a performer with Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Svoboda lives in Switzerland were he has been teaching as Professor for contemporary chamber music and trombone at the Musikhochschule Basel since 2007.
