Internationally renowned for his masterful interpretations and graceful conducting style, Zdenek Macal has conducted over 160 orchestras worldwide, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestra della Scala, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic and the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. Maestro Macal has also conducted at major opera houses throughout Europe including Prague, Cologne, Geneva, Turin and Bologna. He has taken part in major international festivals including those of Vienna, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Prague, Zurich, Athens and Montreux, as well as the Ravinia, Tanglewood and Wolf Trap festivals in the United States. He assumes the music directorship of the acclaimed Czech Philharmonic Orchestra beginning with the 2003-04 season ... read full bio