I first met Otakar Svoboda, director of Jihočeská filharmonie, something like eight years ago, when he invited mathias and me to listen to Jane Monheit in Budweis. We had a great time, got to know eachother and I started to practice Karel Gott’s 'Lady Carneval' right there and then : ). And now eight years later we were getting ready to not only play our ‘European Songbook’ in Budweis but also record live versions of it, that will be released by the Jihočeská filharmonie. We