governing body of Antonín Dvořák Music Festival, is a PETROF Family Artist and artistic advisor of The International Festival of Young Concert Artists Talentinum. Special projects In 2006 he initiated a special annual concert for The Lions Club Bohemia, honoring visually handicapped people, which he conducted for 10 seasons. Among many others, he invited soloists like Václav Hudeček, Igor Ardašev, Jana Chaudhuri and Pavel Sporcl. His passion for the search of symphonic music that is either inspired by India and Asia or written by Asian composers has enabled him to premiere several original works. He was invited by the Indian ambassador in 2012 to conduct a special symphonic concert for 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore as well as a symphonic concert for 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda one year later. In 2006 and 2013 he created orchestral concerts entitled Asian Inspirations showcasing Asian inspired works. The Namaste India philharmonic project he envisaged in 2013 brought together the sitar and the tabla as solo instruments with the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra in addition to the Czech premiere of John Mayer's Shiva Nataraj. In June 2015 he conducted a concert at The Antonín Dvořák Music festival introducing the premiere of Mayer's Hiawatha's Song based on Dvořák's 9th Symphony. In 2016 he led the concert tour of the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (65 musicians) as the first Czech orchestra in India after 57 years. The concert tour was repeated in January 2018 in New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and Kolkata on the occasion of celebration 70 years of Indo-Czech diplomatic relations. Personal life He is married to Czech pianist Jana Chaudhuri. His brother Rajat Chaudhuri is an artist in Denver, USA, and his parents live in Kolkata, India. References External links Antonín Dvořák Music Festival Rajat Chaudhuri Jana Chaudhuri Musicians from Kolkata 1975 births Indian conductors (music) Czech conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Living people Musicians from Prague 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century Czech male musicians Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman