Biography
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra was established in 1993 by trumpet player Jan Hasenöhrl. The orchestra is made up of approximately eighty skilled, experienced musicians who have found in the orchestra a unique place to be able to express themselves. A spiritual father at the birth of the CNSO was the legendary conductor Zdeněk Košler. He was always there for the orchestra with his wide-ranging artistic knowledge and he recorded several CDs with them. In the year 1996, the American Paul Freeman took over as Chief Conductor, and remained in this position for fantastic ten years. The ambitious project of this orchestra is one of Freeman’s greatest successes on the Czech and world music scenes. Together with this position he was also Music Director of CNSO, at which position he still remains today. The CNSO’s recordings are on sale in the United States and Japan, and successful tours have taken place over the British Isles (1997, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005), France (2000, 2004 & 2007), Spain (2006 & 2007), Japan (2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006) and Mexico (2003). The orchestra takes great pride in its own recording studio, located in Prague-Hostivař, and several Gold CDs (for more than 30 000 copies sold) which it has produced. Other accolades include Gustav Mahler Prize, awarded for the interpretation of Mahler’s works, and the prestigious agreement that the orchestra signed with IMG Artists London for worldwide representation. The next success is recording project in association with Tokyo media company Victor Entertainment. Until today 16 CDs and 4 video DVDs were recorded upon the score of this cooperation. At the beginning of the year 2007, Maestro Libor Pešek was named the Chief Conductor. Still as a newsflash Prague Proms International Music Festival 2007 is being prepared for its 3rd season (July). The CNSO agency works hard on the program. The Festival's Chief Conductor is Libor Pešek. As one of their most prestigious tours CNSO considers that with Andrea Bocelli on the tour of 30 European metropolises.
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