Tomáš Netopil (born 18 July 1975) is a Czech
conductor. He conducted the
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 and made his debut with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...
in May 2006. In 2006, he also conducted at the
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...
and l'Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma.
Netopil studied
violin
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and conducting in his home town
Kroměříž
Kroměříž (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle ...
in the Czech Republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in
Stockholm
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with
Jorma Panula, who educated many prominent conductors. In 2002 he won the first
Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition at the
Alte Oper
Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Today's Alte Oper was built in 1880 as the city's opera house, which was destr ...
in Frankfurt. In May 2004, Netopil made his debut at the
Prague Spring International Music Festival
The Prague Spring International Music Festival (, commonly , Prague Spring) is a classical music festival held every year in Prague, Czech Republic, with symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles from around the world.
The first festival ...
, and immediately after that he conducted Dvořák's ''
Stabat Mater'' at the
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...
. At the invitation of
David Zinman, Netopil worked for the first time with the
Cleveland Orchestra at the
Aspen Music Festival and School
The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) is a European classical music, classical music festival held annually in Aspen, Colorado.
It is noted both for its concert programming and the musical training it offers to mostly young-adult music stu ...
in Colorado as assistant conductor in 2005. Since the season 2009/2010 he became chief conductor of the orchestra of the National Theatre.
He has published several albums with the German independent record label
Oehms Classics.
Further reading
* Bálek, Jindřich Osobnost:''Tomáš Netopil – Jak vrátit orchestru radost'',
Tomas Netopil – How to return Orchestra joy
/ref> Harmonie, 6/2010, pages 18–20, (in Czech)
References
External links
The Conductor Tomas Netopil in Czech TV
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Muzikus.cz: Tomáš Netopil (in Czech)
hn.inhed.cz:Tomáš Netopil
The bachelor thesis: Tomáš Netopil
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Czech male conductors (music)
1975 births
Living people
21st-century Czech conductors (music)
21st-century Czech male musicians