Quality – Practice – Experience

Exceptional CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS
Conduct your Repertoire!
with Maestro Koutník

📅  7–10 April 2026
📍 Teplice, Czech Republic

Call for 6 advanced conductors!
An intensive four-day conducting masterclass designed for conductors preparing for competitions, auditions and professional engagements or seeking to refine their orchestral conducting skills at a professional level.

This new short edition of the favourite Koutnik Academy format offers a rare opportunity to conduct your own chosen repertoire with a professional symphony orchestra. /In accordance with the orchestral archive./

👉 What makes this masterclass unique:
Flexible repertoire choice (2–3 pieces) from the orchestra archive ·
Exclusive 125 minutes of podium time with the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice & Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble · Workshops & Rehearsal techniques workshop · Individual artistic feedback · lunch with the Maestro and more.
👉 Professional video and audio recording included.

The course is led by Maestro Tomáš Koutník, winner of the Besançon International Conducting Competition and an internationally respected conducting professor,
in friendly collaboration with the North Czech Philharmonic, a leading professional orchestra in the Czech Republic.

The best participants may be selected to conduct a professional concert with the North Czech Philharmonic in Spring 2026.

See the highlights of Koutnik Academy in the video below.

The Masterclass takes place in Teplice (Czech Republic) from 7 – 10 April 2026
DEADLINE: Sunday, 29 March 2026

Educating young conductors passionately

About Us

Koutnik Academy, under the artistic direction of Maestro Tomáš Koutník, offers intensive conducting masterclasses focused on gaining real professional orchestral experience.

Building on the long pedagogical work of Maestro Tomáš Koutník, one of the leading conducting pedagogues in the Czech Republic since 1994, the Academy offers young conductors practical training and direct contact with the professional orchestral world.

Over the years, the Academy has organised a series of successful orchestral masterclasses, culminating in inspiring concerts and outstanding artistic results.

Maestro Tomáš Koutník, winner of the prestigious Besançon International Conducting Competition and professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, shares his extensive experience with young conductors preparing for competitions, auditions and professional careers.

Our orchestral masterclasses provide a rare opportunity to work with professional orchestras and conduct repertoire commonly appearing in international conducting competitions and orchestral programs.

We warmly invite you to join the upcoming masterclass in Teplice – April 2026, in collaboration with the outstanding North Czech Philharmonic Teplice.

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Masterclasses are intended for advanced conducting students and professional conductors and are organized with professional orchestras in the Czech Republic and Europe.

lots of time on Stage

Valuable live experience with a professional orchestra.

Analysis and preparation of score with piano

Conducting preparation with piano before first rehearsal with professional orchestra.

conducting techniques

Methods to improve conducting technique.

Rehearse professionally without problems

Working on communication with the orchestra.

professional public concert

Public concert with professional orchestra for all active participants.

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analysis with video and lecturer

Video analysis of score after the rehearsal with the orchestra.

Interpretive styles

Discussing different approaches to interpretation

A recipe for quality orchestral sound

Developing sound goals with the orchestra.

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Experience a week of conducting insights and mentorship under Tomas Koutnik’s guidance.

Why Choose Us

Highly professional and experienced guidance

Learn from the best, improve your skills and lead orchestral concerts with new experiences.

Expert Guidance from Tomas Koutnik

Practical approach to teaching

Exclusive Orchestral Concert Opportunities

A pictorial journey through the past and present

Virtual Tour of our Masterclasses

Unforgettable moments

Attend Our Masterclass

Experience a week of conducting insights and mentorship under Tomas Koutnik’s guidance.

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