Ondřej Soukup will work as Maestro suggeritore for a Berlin production of Wagner’s first installment of the Ring with Dramatic Voices Program Berlin. Ondřej will work alongside musical director Caroline Dowdle (ROH) and conductor Byron Knutson (Hanns Eisler Conservatory, Komische Oper Berlin). The performances take place on 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st August, while cover cast performance takes place on 27th August. All performances start at 7.30pm in Berlin’s Stage Factory, Großer Saal.
Shortly after Das Rheingold, Ondřej starts rehearsing EUMS’s Sinfonia’s autumn concert programme that includes Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
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.