Ondrej Soukup
Candidat Direction d'Orchestre 2025
Biographie
Place of Birth
Usti nad Labem (CZ)
Place of Residence
Copenhagen (DK)
Studies
- Royal College of Music (UK), Profs. Toby Purser, Peter Stark, Howard Williams
- Royal Danish Academy of Music (DK), Profs. Giordano Bellincampi, Michael Schønwandt
- The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Prizes
- Ionel Perlea International Competition 2024 (RO), 3rd Prize, Special Prize
- Roderick Brydon Memorial Award 2018 (UK)
Highlights
- Moldovan National Philharmonic (MD), Guest Conductor, 2025
- Aarhus Symphony (DK), Conductor Fellowship (DKDM), 2025
- Bohuslav Martinů Philhamonic (CZ), Guest Conductor, 2022
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales (UK), Assistant Conductor to Ryan Bancroft, 2022
COMPETITION PROGRAMME
First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra
- L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
- F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
- I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
- P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
- R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
- G. Bizet: Symphony in C
- L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
- F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »
Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps
- Ligeti: Kammerkonzert
- U. Chin: Gougalon
Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- C. Debussy: La Mer
- R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
- R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)
Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition
Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- R. Strauss: Don Juan
- I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite 1919