Tomáš Sýkora

Biography

Tom��? S?kora (*1979) is Czech composer, pianist, producer, arranger and teacher. He studied at Conservatory of Jaroslav Je?ek in Prague (composition under Karel R??i?ka, piano under Hanka Ka?tovsk��) and got masters degree after graduation at Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (composition under prof. Juraj Filas).

As a composer and pianist he led his own original projects such as jazz quintet Nedaba (cd Songs About��2009), and multi genre wrgha POWU orchestra (cd Kapiloongo 2010, opoPOP 2012, A? rosa z nebes sestoup�� 2013). With both of them, he performed in a lot of venues in the Czech Republic and abroad.

In 2013, Tom��? with another pianist Zde��ka M. Ko?narov�� recorded cd To the Wind and to the Dark, with their original compositions for solo piano. This cd was successfully presented in many concert halls and radio broadcasts in Germany, France, Portugal and Croatia.

Since 2013, Toma? has been a producer, bandleader and pianist of female vocalist Lena Yellow. As a result of this collaboration the original cd Positivity (2014) was released. They have been touring with this project throughout the Czech Republic. In October 2015, Lena Yellow project supported the legendary UK band Incognito which was a great honor for the band.

Tom��? is also a member of The Prague Six, a group of six Czech big band composers, led by composer and trumpet player ?t��p��nka Balcarov��. In 2015, they recorded cd Concept Art Orchestra and Prague 6, which contained original big band compositions from each of them. This cd won The And��l Award in category The Best Jazz and Blues Record.

As a composer, Tom��? focuses on contemporary classical music and jazz music. His compositions have already been performed by several Czech symphonic orchestras, big bands and other ensembles (Philharmonic of Olomouc city, Philharmonic of Pilsen, Prague Wind Quintet, Pavel Bo?kovec string quartet, Concept Art Orchestra, Bo Big band etc.) and famous soloists (Karel Dohnal, Jan Keller, Zde��ka M. Ko?narov��, Ilya Blackwedge).

Tom��? has also composed several pieces of music for film and theatre.

His composition A Song About ?o?a won the OSA award in the category The Best Czech Jazz Composition Of Year 2013.

Tom��? lives and creates in Lys�� nad Labem, teaches in Conservatory of Jaroslav Je?ek in Prague and publishes and releases his works under his own label Mot��s Music.