North Czech Philharmonic Teplice

The North Czech Philharmonic Teplice (Czech: Severočeská filharmonie Teplice) is a professional symphony orchestra based in Teplice, the Czech Republic.

History
The orchestra was founded in 1838. During its history the orchestra has had several prominent musicians appear as guest artists; including performances led by conductors Eugen d'Albert, Richard Strauss, Siegfried Wagner, Felix Weingartner, and Alexander Zemlinsky. Other musicians who have performed with the orchestra include pianists Ferruccio Busoni, Conrad Ansorge, Emil von Sauer, Ernö Dohnányi, and Frederic Lamond; violinists Pablo de Sarasate, Eugène Ysaÿe, Bronisław Huberman, Fritz Kreisler, Alexander Petschnikoff, Henri Marteau; cellists David Popper, Julius Klengel, Hugo Becker, Anton Hekking, and vocalists Lilli Lehmann and Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

Principal conductors

 * Karl Schmitt (1838–1848)
 * Franz Lagler (1848–1864)
 * Hans Schöttner (1864–1869)
 * Karl Peters (1870–1886)
 * Karl Wosahlo (1886–1898)
 * Franz Zeischka (1898–1906)
 * Johannes Reichert (1906–1922)
 * Oskar Konrad Wille (1922–1938)
 * Bruno Schestak (1938–1945)
 * Miloš Sedmidubsky (1948)
 * Bohus Slezák (1948)
 * Josef Hrnčíř (1948–1949)
 * Miloslav Bervíd (1949–1956)
 * Bohumil Berka (1956–1972)
 * Jaroslav Soukup (1972–1989)
 * Jan Štván (1989–1991)
 * Tomáš Koutník (1991–1997)
 * Charles Olivieri-Munroe (1997–2013)
 * Alfonso Scarano (2013–2018)
 * Petr Vronský (2018–present)