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 Releases “Tag und Nacht” 20 September

Sep 9, 2024

Jakub Hrůša releases his new album of Richard Strauss songs, Tag und Nacht, with soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and the Bamberger Symphoniker, on 20 September on Supraphon. The recording features the timeless and beloved Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) as well as a...

“With Jakub Hrůša at the helm, the Czech Philharmonic play Dvořák’s music like Gods.” – Glorious Reviews Following Hrůša’s European Tour with the Czech Philharmonic

Sep 9, 2024

Following a spectacular 2023/24 season, Jakub Hrůša led the Czech Philharmonic on a five-date tour European tour in August 2024. On the 21 August, they began the tour at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany, performing Suk’s Asrael Symphony, with cellist Sheku...

Jakub Hrůša Nominated for the Concerto and Opera Gramophone Awards

Sep 5, 2024

Jakub Hrůša is nominated in two categories at the 2024 Gramophone Awards. The prestigious honours will be announced at the gala awards ceremony in October 2024 in London. Hrůša conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and soloist Isabelle Faust on the Harmonia...

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

“…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