New Year's Concert of Czech Philharmonic receives standing ovation

The traditional New Year’s concert of the Czech Philharmonic took place in Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall on Wednesday evening. The orchestra performed works by French composers from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries under the baton of conductor Tomáš Netopil. The soloists, violinist Josef Špaček and cellist and concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Ivan Vokáč, received a standing ovation. The New Year's traditional gala concert at the Rudolfinum is an important cultural and social event.