Earlier this month, Jakub Hrůša made his US operatic debut conducting Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa in Chicago. The first performance took place on the 12 November at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, in a production by Claus Guth which was created in association with the Royal...

Congratulations to Jakub Hrůša, who has received three nominations for the 2024 ICMA Awards. The nominations are in the Concerto, Symphonic Music and Video: Opera categories, for the following recordings with the Bamberg Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic: Concerto...

Jakub Hrůša will make his Staatskapelle Berlin debut in Chicago on 28 November. The programme includes Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 in F Major Op. 90 and Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68. He is stepping in for Daniel Barenboim, who unfortunately had to withdraw from the...

Following many successful appearances with all the major North American symphony orchestras, Jakub Hrůša is making his US operatic debut conducting Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa in Chicago. The first performance takes place this Sunday (12 Nov) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago,...

Jakub Hrůša has been named Conductor of the Year in the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK awards. He is honored for his recording of Hans Rott: Symphony No.1 with the Bamberg Symphony for Deutsche Grammophon. Hrůša’s recording with the orchestra of which he has been Chief Conductor...

Principal Guest Conductor Jakub Hrůša led the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and bass-baritone Adam Plachetka at the inauguration of the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel. The ceremony was held at St...

Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša and Bamberger Symphoniker have been honoured with the 2023 International Classical Music Award for Symphonic Music for their Deutsche Grammophon recording: Rott: Symphony No. 1 – Mahler: Blumine – Bruckner: Symphonic Prelude. ICMA writes,...

The Royal Opera House today announces the appointment of Jakub Hrůša as Music Director of The Royal Opera. Hrůša will assume the position of Music Director Designate with immediate effect and will begin his tenure as Music Director in September 2025. Hrůša has...

Jakub Hrůša and Bamberger Symphoniker have won the 2022 International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for Symphonic Music for their recording of Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (3 versions) (Accentus Music). The prestigious awards are selected by an international jury...

Principal Guest Conductor Jakub Hrůša, the Czech Philharmonic and violinist Lisa Batiashvili have been awarded the prestigious Czech Crystal at the 58th Golden Prague International Television Festival. The programme, Spring Stars of the Czech Philharmonic III, was...

Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša and Bamberg Symphony's acclaimed recording of Mahler’s Wunderhorn Symphony No. 4 in G Major, with mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter (accentus music / Naxos), has won the 2021 German Record Critics' Prize (Preis der deutschen...

Jakub Hrůša’s recording of Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin (Bis) with violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann and Bamberger Symphoniker is nominated for the 2021 Gramophone Award in the Best Concerto category. The prestigious award...

Jakub Hrůša is announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia from the 2021/22 season. The appointment follows a number of highly successful appearances by Hrůša in recent seasons, and signifies the close bond that...

Bamberger Symphoniker, with Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša, is nominated for the 2021 Gramophone Award for Orchestra of the Year. This is only award decided on by public vote for the prestigious Gramophone Awards, and celebrates collaborative music-making at the highest...

Jakub Hrůša is nominated in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category for his recording of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Warner Classics’ album Bohemian Tales.  Gramophone writes in its...

Jakub Hrůša and Bamberg Symphony have been awarded the 2020 Bavarian State Prize for Music. The Bavarian Music Prize is awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of State for Science and Art. It celebrates all areas of music from professional to amateur music. Bernd Sibler,...

Conductor Jakub Hrůša is honoured with two major wins at the 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards. The Awards were announced during an online ceremony on Monday, 11 May. He won the Concerto Award for Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor; Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 4,...

In solidarity with freelance musicians across the Czech Republic, string and horn players from the Czech Philharmonic will join forces with colleagues from the early music group Collegium 1704, Prague Philharmonia (PKF) and soloists Ivo Kahánek (piano), Radek Baborák...

Jakub Hrůša conducted the Philharmonia in a “magnificent account” (Sean and Heard International) of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 20 February. Hrůša, the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, earned rapturous praise for this...

Jakub Hrůša and Bamberger Symphoniker are nominated for the 2019 Best Classical Album Ceny Anděl Coca-Cola Awards (Angel Coca-Cola Awards) for their Supraphon release, Dvořák, Martinů: Piano Concertos with Ivo Kahánek. The Czech Republic’s “Grammy®” Award will be...