Libor Pesek

• Conductor

Biography

Libor Pešek: In the last couple of seasons, Maestro Pešek has guest conducted the Orquestre Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Tonkunstler, Orquesta Filharmonica de Gran Canaria and the Royal Flemish Phiharmonic for the Dvorak Festival.

In the past, Maestro Pesek has worked internationally at the top level and has given concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Danish Radio Symphony, La Scala, Milan, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, the London Philharmonic, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, and the Orquesta de Valencia, as well as major UK tours with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

In March 1996 Queen Elizabeth II made Libor Pešek a Knight of the British Empire and in 1997 he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire.