Tomáš Brauner

Since 2020, Tomáš Brauner has been the Chief Conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, focusing mainly on the Czech repertoire both at home and around the world. From 2013–2018 he was Chief Conductor of the Plzeň Philharmonic, from 2014–2018 he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra in Prague and from 2018–2021 he was Chief Conductor of the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic. He works regularly with leading symphony orchestras and opera houses including the Czech Philharmonic, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Münchner Symphoniker, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Slovak Philharmonic, Philharmonie Sudwestfalen, National Radio Orchestra Romania, Moscow Radio State Orchestra, Athens Orchestra of Colours, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, National Theatre in Prague, Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City etc. He also receives regular invitations to perform at major international festivals such as Prague Spring, Bad Kissingen or the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch Partenkirchen. His recording of the complete cello works by Martinů for the Dabringhaus und Grimm label won Classic Prague Awards 2017. Tomáš Brauner was born in Prague in 1978. After graduating in conducting from the Prague Academy of Performing Arts in 2005 he undertook a study attachment at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Five years later he was a prizewinner at the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition in Athens.