Conductor Ondřej Soukup was given a contract extension with EUMS Sinfonia after a successful 2018/2019 season. The opening sell-out concert of Dvořák‘s Stabat Mater at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh was followed by an equally successful Spring Concert, which featured works by Sibelius, Smetana and Elgar. The season concludes with a summer concert in May with works by Wagner, Sibelius, and Márquez.
In the forthcoming season, Sinfonia will return to Greyfriars Kirk with a programme featuring Borodin, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, and Gershwin. In March 2020, Sinfonia will be joined by EUMS Chorus again for a performance in McEwan Hall and will come back to Greyfriars Kirk for a summer concert.
Ondřej Soukup is an exciting young conductor specialising in Czech & Eastern European music. His repertoire counts 250+ works by men and women. Recently, he made music with BBC SSO, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic and others. In the 2023/2024 season, Ondřej conducts the Copenhagen Phil, The Danish Sinfonietta, Helsingborg Symphony, Ålborg Symphony, and Magna Sinfonia among others.