Pavel Šabacký, born 1995 in Czechia, is as a composer and multi-instrumentalist focused on onomatopoeic and timbral music for large ensembles and orchestra. Their work explores the fragile boundaries between noise and sound, melody and texture, harmony and timbre, often incorporating extra-musical elements. They earned a Master’s degree in Composition from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in 2022. Šabacký’s music has been performed internationally by ensembles and orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, and the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as by smaller ensembles and soloists including Mirror Ensemble, Bianka Soukupová, and Daniel Costello. Alongside concert music, they are interested in interactive video-game music, exploring dynamic and non-linear forms both in these games and contemporary concert works.

Pavel Šabacký was awarded the residency fellowship at the Künstlerhaus Bamberg by Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume at the suggestion of Villa Concordia Music Fellowship Board members Marcus Rudolf Axt, Director of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Imke List, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Prof. Rainer Kotzian, President of the Nuremberg University of Music. They will compose there for 11 month from mid-April through mid-March 2027.