After his successful debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Philharmonia Orchestra London in autumn 2010, Tomas Netopil conducts in the season 2011/12 for the first time the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks München and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. In addition, he has been re-invited to work with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonie Essen and conducted concerts in Stuttgart, Cagliari, Tampere and Graz.
At the Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden Tomas Netopil directs the new production of La Clemenza di Tito and the revival of Rusalka. At the National Theater in Prague, where he is since 2009 music director, he conducts the new production of Dvorak's Jacobin. In spring 2012 he will make his debut with the Flying Dutchman at the New National Theatre Tokyo.
In the preseasons Tomas Netopil conducted new productions at the Opéra National de Paris (Katya Kabanova), at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia (The Bartered Bride) and at the Teatro Regio Torino (Idomeneo). He has performed at the Staatsoper München, the Salzburger Festspiele, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Comunale in Bologna and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Tomas Netopil conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, Salzburger Fest-spiele, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Comunale Bologna and Teatro La Fenice Venezia.
In concert he appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Genève, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Filarmonica della Scala,Accademia Santa Cecilia Roma, Oslo Philharmonic Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Orchestre National du Capitole Toulouse,Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Philharmonie Essen, at the Teatro Sao Carlos Lisboa and Teatro Lirico Cagliari.
Tomas Netopil studied violin and conducting in his native Czech republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under the guidance of Prof. Jorma Panula, who has taught many prominent conductors. In 2002 he won the 1st Sir Georg Solti Conductors Competition at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where the jury included Michael Gielen, Gary Bertini, Sylvain Cambreling and Paolo Carignani.