Jiri Kout: Presently Music Director of the St Gallen Theater as well as Chief conductor of the St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Kout was born in Prague where he studied violin and organ at the Conservatory,

Jiri Kout: After he emigrated to the west, Jiri Kout joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf and was named principal guest conductor at the Bayerische Staatsoper München. In these theaters,