Lubomír Brabec

Lubomír Brabec is a Czech classical guitarist born on 21 May 1953 in Plzeň. He has been one of the most prominent classical guitarists to emerge from Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, building a career across concert performance and recording over several decades.

Brabec recorded for Supraphon, the principal state label of Czechoslovakia, producing albums that documented his interpretations of both standard classical guitar repertoire and works by Czech composers. His Supraphon releases are the primary focus for collectors interested in his output, as pressings from the socialist-era label are finite in number and represent the documentation of Czech classical music performance from that period.

Collectors seek out his Supraphon records for their combination of performance quality and historical context as artifacts of Czech classical music production under the state label system. Original domestic pressings are the most sought-after format among those assembling archives of Eastern European classical recordings.