Czech conductor Leoš SVÁROVSKÝ (born 1961) studied flute at the Prague Conservatory, he won second prize in the 1981 International Competition in Ancona, Italy,  and  gave solo recitals in Europe, the U. S. A. and Canada. He studied conducting at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts under Václav Neumann from 1981 to 1986. He was assistant to Zdenek Kosler, head of the Opera Ensemble of the National Theater of Prague, and then Principal Conductor of the Prague Chamber Orchestra from 1985 to 1987.
As winner of the 1991 "Herbert von Karajan Endowment Prize" he assisted Sir Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado with the Vienna Philharmonic during the Salzburg Summer Festival. He was at first assistant conductor of the Czech State Philharmonic of Brno and later Principal Conductor from 1991 through 1995.
Maestro Svárovský toured with the Brno Orchestra in Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom, where he conducted at the Warwick Arts Centre, St. David’s Hall in Cardiff, and London’s Royal festival Hall. He toured Switzerland, Germany,  Germany, Belgium and Holland with the Brno ensemble in November 1996 and Spain in March 1997, folowing his American tour with the Slovak Sinfonietta.
As a guest conductor he toured germany with the Janacek Philharmonic, performed with the Czech Radio Orchestra in Belgium, and appeared with orchestras in Spain, France, Switzerland, Holland, Luxembourg, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Korea, Japan, China, Turkey and Egypt. He conducted many famous orchestras as the Landesbühnen Sachsen, Orchestra Sinfonica Sevilla, Istanbul Symphony Orchestra, Ankara Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, Mozarteum Salzburg, Wiener Kammerorchester, Orchester Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Sudwest-Deutsche Rundfunk Orchester in Stuttgart, Philharmonie de Loraine Metz, Bruckner Orchestra in Linz, Philharmonic Orchestra in Graz, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra etc.
In 1997 he had become a principal conductor of the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, in 1999 he began teaching at the Department of Conducting at the Prague Music Academy and 2000 he was nominated to be a permanent conductor of the Symphony Orchestra FOK Prague. Since Septembr 2001 he has been the main conductor of the Ballet Ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague, where he has conducted in recent performances of Glazunov’s Raymonda, Tchaikowsky’s Swan Lake and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Since 2003 he is the artistic chief of the Prague State Opera.
Since 1993 he has been cooperating with the Slovak Sinfonietta of Žilina, from 1995 till 2000 as a chief conductor. During this time he has conducting many concerts at home as well as abroad (Germany, Spain, the U.S.A, Czech Republic) and many international music festivals (Bratislava Music Festival, Ema Destinnnova Music Festival, Catalunya International Music Festival, Aspekte Salzburg), and many others.