Conductor Ondřej Soukup was appointed the next principal conductor of Edinburgh University Music Society (EUMS) Sinfonia effective September 2018. Sinfonia is a full-sized symphony orchestra and has recently performed at the Usher Hall in a concert celebrating 150thanniversary of EUMS. Its repertoire has in recent years included Prokofiev’s Seventh Symphony, Copland’s Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Ondřejwill open his tenure with Sinfonia with a performance of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater alongside EUMS Chorus in St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.
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.
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