From 1970 he started his career at the Karlín Music Theater, where he worked as a director from 1993-2003. During his era, the theater received a total of eight Thalia Awards (1995 Yvetta Blanarovicová , 1996 Jitka Molavcová , 1997 Lubomir Lipsky , 1998 Ladislav Zupanic, 1999 Jan Jezek , 2000 Tomás Cerny , 2001 Lumir Olsovský and 2002 Daniela Sinkorová ).