Tomas Netopil: • Music Director of the Prague National Theatre and Estates Theatre (from 2008 to 2012) • Music Director of the Aalto Theatre and Philharmonie Essen, Germany (since 2013) • Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (since 2018) During almost 20 years he conducted the best European orchestras and appeared in some of the most prestigious international theatres: Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Dresdner Staatskapelle, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, RSB Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra London, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra Nazionale della RAI Torino, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Operá National de Paris, De Nederlandse Opera, Teatro La Fenice Venezia, Teatro Regio Torino, Salzburger Festspiele, Zurich Opera. He regularly performs at the Vienna State Opera and at the Vlaamse Opera, is a Guest Conductor with the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. |
Martin Sieghart: • Honorary Principal Conductor with the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra (Holland) (since 2009) • Chief conductor of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra (Holland) (since 2003) • Permanent quest conductor with New Japan Philharmonic and Brucknerhaus Orchestra Linz • Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz. (2000-2016) • Artistic Director of the chamber orchestra "Spirit of Europe" (2005-2008) • Founder & Artistic Director of the opera festival "Mozart in Reinsberg" (2002-2006) • Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (Israel) (since 2012) • Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Linz's opera (1992-2000) • Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz (1992) • Co-founder of the "EntArteOpera" festival together with Susanne Thomasberger and Philipp Harnoncourt. (since 1997) • Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra ( 1990-1995) |
Alim Shakh is Principal conductor of St. Petersburg State Conservatory Opera and Ballet Theatre, Principal conductor of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. He was taught by famous Russian conductors and teachers - Fyodor Kozlov (1927–2003) and Ilya Musin (1904–1999), he maintains and spreads traditions of St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory. Prague Philharmonia was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the conductor Jiří Bělohlávek (1946-2017), today is one of the best Czech professional orchestras and the most recognised orchestra among world ensembles. Freshness, energy and perfectionism are characteristics inscribed in the orchestra’s ‘Birth Certificate’, as well as a love of music expressed in each of their concerts. Behind the highly valued distinctive sound of the PKF — Prague Philharmonia is partly its key repertoire, which has been from the beginning Viennese Classicism, namely compositions by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, to which works from the period of Romanticism, as well the 20th and 21st centuries, are added. |
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