Conductor Ondřej Soukup receives the Roderick Brydon Memorial Award for conducting. This award is given to talented young conductors as recognition of their work and serves as an encouragement for a continual development of their careers. Roderick Brydon was a prominent Scottish conductor with an international reputation. He was the first principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and worked extensively with the Scottish Opera, the Scottish National Orchestra (now RSNO), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and many other orchestras and opera companies abroad. Thanks to Mr Brydon’s legacy, young conductors like Ondřej are encouraged in their pursuit of a professional career in music.
Ondřej Soukup is an exciting young conductor and winner of the third prize & special prize at the Ionel Perlea International Competition (2024). His repertoire counts 350+ works by men and women. He has conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Moldovan National Philharmonic, the Copenhagen Phil, the Danish Sinfonietta, and Symphony Orchestras of Ålborg, Århus, Helsingborg, Odense, and Sønderborg, among others.