Chief Conductor – Bamberg Symphony
Music Director Designate – Royal Opera, Covent Garden (Music Director from 2025)
Principal Guest Conductor – Czech Philharmonic
Principal Guest Conductor – Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Jakub Hrůša

Born in the Czech Republic, Jakub Hrůša is Music Director Designate of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden (Music Director from 2025/26), Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic.

He is a frequent guest with many of the world’s greatest orchestras. The 2019/20 season will see him return to the Berlin Philharmonic and make debuts with The Pittsburgh Symphony, Zurich Opera (a new production of the The Makropulos Case) and the Dutch National Opera (a new production for the Holland Festival of Rusalka with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra).

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News

Jakub Hrůša to Jump In with the Staatskapelle Berlin at the Janáček Brno Festival

Nov 13, 2024

Following great success in the opening concert of the 2024 Janáček Brno Festival with the Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša has accepted a second invitation to this year's festival and will appear on the podium for their closing concert with the Staatskapelle Berlin...

Jakub Hrůša Victorious at 2024 Gramophone Awards

Oct 3, 2024

The 2024 Gramophone Awards were announced on 2 October in a glittering ceremony at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms hosted by the magazine’s editor Martin Cullingford. Conductor Jakub Hrůša took home two awards on the night. He shares the Concerto Award with...

Jakub Hrůša Awarded Czechia’s Silver Medal of the President of the Senate

Sep 29, 2024

Conductor Jakub Hrůša has been awarded Czechia’s Silver Medal of the President of the Senate, its highest award, presented to extraordinary artists, scientists or sportspeople. Since 2012, the medal has been presented by the Senate’s President in honour of Czech...

Press

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Jakub Hrůša once again unreservedly confirmed his reputation as one of the top conductors of his generation. His Czech warmth combined with German precision produced a unique success…a triumph…the ultimate Brahmsian and Beethovenian interpretation, dazzling and radiant in dynamic climaxes, gentle and visceral in pianissimos…I don’t know what was rehearsed in advance and what was the work of the moment, but this is exactly how I imagine pure musicianship.

– Opera Plus

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

“…And whether you’re a believer or a sceptic, there’s no disputing the force of Hrůša’s artistic convictions. This is a musician who has published scholarly essays on Bohuslav Martinů (whose Third and Fourth Symphonies he’ll be conducting in Bamberg next season), and whose discography ranges from Hans Rott to Alissa Firsova. He’s an artist who thinks deeply about the music he performs and the culture he inhabits, and in the concert hall he makes good on his opinions. Smetana as a natural heir to Beethoven? Hrůša walks the walk, pairing those early symphonic poems with – of all pieces – Beethoven’s Fifth. Well, why hold back?”

– Bachtrack