The opening concert of Ondřej’s tenure as MD with Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society featured Bach’s Magnificat and Haydn’s Paukenmesse. The choir performed alongside soloists Catrin Woodruff (soprano), Lauren Bridget Young (mezzo-soprano), Seumas Begg (tenor), and Colin Murray (baritone), and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland orchestra in Paisley Abbey.
The next season will feature a major concert to mark the choir’s 40th anniversary year. Updates to follow soon!
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.