Orchestral arrangements
Songs and existing music arranged for symphony or chamber orchestra — from a lead sheet, a demo or a finished recording. Crossover is my main field.
Jan Lstibůrek
I write for orchestras | compose | play bass
What I do
Orchestration & new instrumental parts
Orchestrating your sketches, or writing new parts for solo instruments and ensembles that fit your music and your idea of the sound.
Scores and parts for recording and concerts
Engraved full scores and parts, checked and ready for the session or the stage. Audio mock-ups on request.
Original music
Music for film, theatre and live shows.
I work remotely — communication in English by email and video call.
Selected projects
Klusymfonie
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava · Tomáš Klus · Supraphon
16 songs by Tomáš Klus, one of the most popular Czech singer-songwriters, arranged for symphony orchestra. The album was released before the first tour; the programme has since been performed with several orchestras.
▶ Spotify Richard Krajčo & orchestra
Hradec Králové Philharmonic · Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava · 8 sold-out concerts · live album
Christmas tour of the frontman of the Czech band Kryštof, for symphony orchestra, choir, vocals and rhythm section.
▶ Spotify Christmas at O2 arena Prague
Hradec Králové Philharmonic · children's and adult choirs
A Christmas show in the largest indoor arena in the Czech Republic, with seven leading Czech singers including Richard Krajčo, opera singer Adam Plachetka and Tomáš Klus.
▶ Video Tribute to David Stypka
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava · Ewa Farna · Czech Television
18 songs by the late singer-songwriter David Stypka arranged for orchestra — a memorial concert by his closest musical friends, broadcast by Czech Television.
▶ Czech TV Velký finále PSO
dir. Dominik Kalivoda · Festival President's Award, Zlín Film Festival
Feature documentary about an amateur orchestra from a small Czech town and its journey to a big final concert.
Branický zázrak
Na Fidlovačce Theatre Prague · Jan Svěrák · Tomáš Klus
Original musical by Oscar-winning film director Jan Svěrák (Kolya), with songs by Tomáš Klus, who also plays the lead.
▶ SpotifyBio
Jan Lstibůrek is a Czech orchestral arranger, orchestrator and composer. He specialises in crossover — bringing popular music together with the symphony orchestra — and writes arrangements for orchestras, artists, concert productions and theatre. He works with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc and other Czech orchestras, and with leading Czech artists such as Tomáš Klus, Richard Krajčo and Jiří Korn. He studied at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2005). Alongside composing and arranging, he is an active bass player.