Tomáš Netopil is one of the leading interpreters of Czech music today and serves as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the FOK-Prague Symphony Orchestra, a role that remains central to his artistic activities. In the 2026/27 season, he leads the orchestra in Prague and on tour in Japan, while also returning to Oper Köln for The Bartered Bride and conducting the San Francisco Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon and Auckland Philharmonia, among others. He also appears at the Janáček Brno Festival with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra performing The Cunning Little Vixen.  

Netopil was Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic from 2018 to 2024 and served as General Music Director of the Aalto Musiktheater and Philharmonie Essen from 2013 to 2023. Earlier, he was Music Director of the Prague National Theatre. His operatic engagements have included appearances at Geneva Opera, Berliner Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New National Theatre Tokyo, Prague National Theatre and Deutsche Oper Berlin.  

An active educator, Netopil founded the International Summer Music Academy in Kroměříž and established the Dvořákova Praha Youth Philharmonic in association with the Dvořák Prague Festival. 

His discography for Pentatone includes Dvořák’s Legends and Rhapsodies and Richard Blackford’s Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein. For Supraphon, he recorded Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass (original 1927 version), Smetana’s Má vlast, Dvořák’s complete cello works, and Martinů’s Ariane. His Essen tenure produced recordings of Suk’s Asrael and several Mahler symphonies. 

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