Svoboda lives in Switzerland where he has been teaching as Professor for contemporary chamber music and trombone at the Musikhochschule Basel since 2007.
He received commissions for full-length programmes among others from the Staatstheater Hannover, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Südwestrundfunk and the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen [de].
Here his pieces Raumgewinn - Musik für eine Elbaue and 70%, a "jazz nocturne on the theme of water" were premiered.
He was also artist and/or composer in residence at the festival Mouvement - Music in the 21st Century of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (2007), at the Weingartner Musiktage Junger Künstler (2008) and at the Opernhaus Chemnitz (October 2009).
On numerous CDs he recorded works by contemporary composers (besides Stockhausen, Zappa, Eötvös and Rihm, also compositions by Michael Riessler [de; it; nl], Bernd Thewes, Christoph Staude, Iannis Xenakis) and his own compositions, as well as recordings with various jazz ensembles and duo partners.