Chief Conductor – Bamberg Symphony
Permanent Guest Conductor – Czech Philharmonic
Principal Guest Conductor – Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

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Jakub Hrůša

Chief Conductor – Bamberg Symphony

Permanent Guest Conductor – Czech Philharmonic

Principal Guest Conductor – Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Born in the Czech Republic and described by Gramophone as ‘on the verge of greatness’, Jakub Hrůša is Chief Conductor of Bamberg Symphony, Permanent Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (TMSO), and served as Music Director and Chief Conductor of PKF–Prague Philharmonia from 2009 to 2015. From 2017/2018 he becomes Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

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Press

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Jakub Hruša’s sensational conducting reinforces the vivacity and stylishness: the London Philharmonic sound brilliantly effervescent under his baton and a score too often taken for granted comes thrillingly alive. [On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’]

– The Times

Jakub Hrůša led a fiery, passionate account of Bizet’s score, dripping with drama. [On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’]

– Bachtrack

News

Hrůša Brings “Glorious” Ma Vlast to Chicago on “Superb” Debut with CSO

May 24, 2017

Jakub made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut with a "glorious" Ma Vlast on what was described as a "superb" debut. The Chicago Tribune wrote of Jakub's debut, "Ma Vlast clearly is close to Jakub Hrusa’s heart. He made it speak through the orchestra to the hearts of...

Jakub Hrůša’s BBC Proms Debut Announced

May 10, 2017

Jakub Hrůša will make his BBC Proms debut this year at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 26th August. The all-Czech programme opens with a Hussite war song, whose melody reappears in Dvorák’s Hussite Overture (depicting the struggles of Czech Reformation pioneer...

Jakub Hrůša Appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra

Mar 30, 2017

Jakub Hrůša has been announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra alongside Santtu-Matias Rouvali from the 2017/18 season. Of the announcement, Hrůša said: “The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of my absolutely favourite musical ensembles...

Upcoming Concerts

Date	City	Venue	Country
26/08/17	London	BBC Symphony Orchestra / BBC PROMS	United Kingdom
Add Add to Google Calendar Download iCal	Time: 7:30pm. Prom 56: The Bohemian Reformation Unknown: Hussite Chorale ‘Ktož jsú Boži bojovníci’ (You Who Are Warriors of God); Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast – Tábor; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast – Blaník; Bohuslav Martinu: Field Mass; Antonín Dvořák: Hussite Overture; Leos Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček – Song of the Hussites; Josef Suk: Prague; Performing with: BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers (men’s voices), Svatopluk Sem (baritone) Buy Tickets
09/09/17	Paris	Opera National de Paris	France
Add Add to Google Calendar Download iCal	Time: 7:30pm. Lehar, Franz: “The Merry Widow” Buy Tickets
20/09/17	Bamberg	Bamberg Symphony / Konzert- und Kongresshalle Bamberg	Germany
Add Add to Google Calendar Download iCal	Time: 8:00pm. Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Stokovski: “Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565” Richard Wagner: “Good Friday Music from Parsifal” Josef Suk: “Symphony No. 2 “Asrael””