Ondřej wins Third Prize in the 6th edition of the Kussewitzky International Conducting Competition. The competition took place in Italy in October 2026 and the repertoire included works by Beethoven, Elgar, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The competition jury was chaired by Sergei Smbatyan.
This follows Ondřej’s competition success at the Ionel Perlea International Conducting Competition in 2024, where he won Third Prize and Special Prize.
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Ondřej Soukup je pozoruhodný mladý dirigent a laureát mezinárodní dirigentské soutěže Ionel Perlea (2024), kde získal třetí cenu a speciální ocenění. Jeho repertoár přesahuje 350 skladeb. Nedávno spolupracoval s BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Komorní filharmonií Pardubice, Filharmonií Bohuslava Martinů Moldavskou národní filharmonií, Copenhagen Phil, the Danish Sinfonietta, a orchestry v Ålborg, Århus, Helsingborg, Odense a mj. Sønderborg.
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