Education
Born in Fryšták, Moravia, he studied at the conservatory in Brno (JAMU) and the Academy of Music in Prague (AMU).
Born in Fryšták, Moravia, he studied at the conservatory in Brno (JAMU) and the Academy of Music in Prague (AMU).
Trained in bassoon, he played in two orchestras simultaneously: Czechoslovakian Chamber Orchestra and National Theatre of Prague, and later in the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic and the Filmorchestra-Concert (FOK). As a student of the famous conductor Rafael Kubelik he soon started his career as conductor at Karlin Theatre Prague where he remained for 20 years. His lush string arrangements for popular artists including British singer Gery Scott, German pianist Igo Fischer and Czechoslovakian singer Karel Gott are highly regarded.
His orchestra later became known as Dalibor Brazda Magic Strings.
Instead of returning to Prague at the end of the Anatevka-Performances in Hamburg, he emigrated to Dietikon (Switzerland, near Zurich), where he stayed till his death in 2005. In 1985 he became Swiss.
In 2001 he was honoured with the first Cultural Award of Dietikon for his work in musical education of young people and for his musical direction for 25 years of a youth wind-orchestra (Stadtjugendmusik Dietikon) and the Stadtmusik Dietikon, a wind orchestra also, for 15 years. Till his death he worked as arranger for several orchestras (DRS Big Band, Ambros Seelos, Hugo Strasser, Original Egerländer Musikanten and Trio Festivo).
On 27 May 2006, the Stadtmusik Dietikon in Switzerland held a concert entitled The Best Of Dalibor Brazda as a tribute to his musical greatness.