In 2006, Mácal made a brief appearance in the Japanese drama series Nodame Cantabile, based on the manga by Tomoko Ninomiya, during scenes shot in Prague.
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Mácal was appointed Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for a three-year contract, beginning with the 1986 season.
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In 1995, he made Dolby Surround recordings of the Symphony No. 2 in C minor and the suite from the ballet The Red Poppy by Reinhold Glière.
Zdeněk Nejedlý | Zdeněk Nehoda | Zdeněk Burian | Zdeněk Tylšar | Zdeněk Fibich | Zdeněk Rohlíček | Zdeněk Pouzar | Zdeněk Nedvěd | Zdeněk Mácal | Zdeněk Kroupa | Zdenek Fibich | Macal River |
It is particularly known for its International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors (Concours international de jeunes chefs d'orchestre) created in 1951, which is organized every two years and rewarded famous conductors such as Seiji Ozawa (1959), Michel Plasson (1962), Zdeněk Mácal (1965), Jesús López-Cobos (1968), Sylvain Cambreling (1974) or Yutaka Sado (1989), who began their international careers with its first prize.