Libor Šmoldas

Libor Šmoldas is a leading Czech jazz guitarist. The Czech and international press agree on his high qualities and leading position among European jazz guitarists.

His concert activities include four continents and the world capitals of New York, Washington, Sydney, Beijing, Istanbul, Vienna, Berlin, Denver , Milan, Philadelphia, Brisbane, Melbourne or London. With his quartet, he was the first Czech jazz band to tour the USA and regularly returns there, as well as on an annual concert tour to Australia and other countries. Among the world clubs where he performs are the legendary Pizza express, Smalls, Iridium, Blue Note, Dear Head Inn or Bennetts Lane.

In the Czech Republic he has over two thousand club concerts, leading festivals Pražské Jaro, Prague Proms, Brno Jazz Fest, Bohemia Jazz Fest, Struny Podzimu or Janáčkův Máj and collaboration with top Czech jazz stars including, for example, Ondřej Pivč, Robert Balzar or David Dorůžka. He plays and records with world musicians such as George Mraz, Jeff Ballard, Sam Yahel, Bobby Watson, Adam Nussbaum, Brian Charette and Jay Anderson. Libor won many awards, for example for the best jazz composition of 2014 or Anděl for the jazz record of the year with the Organic Quartet. He teaches at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and at international workshops in England, Germany, Greece, Italy and Australia. He has released nine albums under his own name and a number of others as a bandmate.