Marek Novotný (born 1975) is a jazz pianist and composer. In 2007 he earned a doctorate in music theory, and thanks to a Norwegian government scholarship he studied jazz piano at the University of Stavanger; in 2010 he completed a master’s degree in jazz composition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst under Jeffrey Holmes. He describes his lifelong concept as third stream, the fusion of jazz with classical forms; he writes for jazz ensembles, big bands and orchestra. He works with the Chinese singer Feng-yün Song and recorded the album Fresco (2019) with the Epoque Quartet. With the Marek Novotný Quintet (David Dorůžka, Marcel Bárta, Petr Tichý, Tomáš Hobzek, vocals Aubrey Johnson) he released the album Leland Dream (2013) on Amplión Records, recorded at Miroslav Vitouš’s studio. More at marek-novotny.com.
