Tomáš Netopil

Tomáš Netopil (born in 1975) is a promising young Czech conductor emerging on the international classical music circuit. He conducted the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 and made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in May 2006. In 2006, he also conducted at the Salzburg Festival and l'Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma.

Tomas Netopil studied violin and conducting in his home town in the Czech republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Prof. Jorma Panula, who educated many prominent conductors. In 2002 he won the first Sir Georg Solti Conductors Competition at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. In May 2004, Tomas Netopil made his debut at the Prague Spring International Music Festival, and immediately after that he conducted Dvořák's Stabat Mater at the Salzburg Festival. At the invitation of David Zinman, Tomas Netopil worked for the first time with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado as assistant conductor in 2005.