Richard Svoboda, bassoon

Svoboda is on the faculty at Tanglewood Music Center. He served as principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Players and has taught at the Grant Teton Orchestral Seminar. He also taught at the Northeast Conservatory of Music, Popkin-Glickman Bassoon Camp and Symphony School of America. He served 10 seasons as the principal bassoon of the Jacksonville Symphony. Svobda studied with William Winstead, George Berry and Gary Echoles. Soundtrack recordings include Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. He joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2005.