Tomáš Netopil (born 18 July 1975) is a Czech conductor. He conducted the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 and made his debut with the

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in May 2006. In 2006, he also conducted at the

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and l'Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma. Netopil studied

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and conducting in his home town

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in the Czech Republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in

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with Jorma Panula, who educated many prominent conductors. In 2002 he won the first Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition at the

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in Frankfurt. In May 2004, Netopil made his debut at the

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, and immediately after that he conducted Dvořák's '' Stabat Mater'' at the

. At the invitation of David Zinman, Netopil worked for the first time with the Cleveland Orchestra at the

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in Colorado as assistant conductor in 2005. Since the season 2009/2010 he became chief conductor of the orchestra of the National Theatre. He has published several albums with the German independent record label Oehms Classics.

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The Conductor Tomas Netopil in Czech TV
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Muzikus.cz: Tomáš Netopil (in Czech)hn.inhed.cz:Tomáš Netopil

The bachelor thesis: Tomáš Netopil
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Netopil, Tomas Czech male conductors (music) 1975 births Living people 21st-century Czech conductors (music) 21st-century Czech male musicians

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