Leos Svarovsky studied the flute at the Prague Conservatory, won second prize in the International Competition in Ancora, Italy, in 1981, went on to give solo flute recitals in Europe, the united States and Canada while studying conducting at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. In 1985 he worked as assistant to Zdenek Košler, head of the Opera Ensemble of the National Theater Prague. From 1985 until 1987 he conducted the Prague Chamber Orchestra, later to be engaged as assistant conductor by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1991, he was appointed principal conductor, a position he held for four years. The same year he was granted the von Karajan Endowment which enabled him to study with Sir Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado in Salzburg. He also holds a post as a Professor of Conducting at the Janacek Academy of Music in Brno. In 1995 he was the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta of Zilina (Slovakia). In 1997 he was appointed to the position of Principal Conductor of the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Pardubice.