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...

Conductor Jakub Hrůša made triumphant returns to both the Cleveland Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic in November 2019. “If there is one guest conductor who has dependably yielded stellar results with The Cleveland Orchestra in recent seasons, surely...

Jakub Hrůša has been invited to make his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic in four concerts beginning November 29th, replacing Mariss Jansons. Hrůša will lead the orchestra in a programme which opens with Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, continues with...

Jakub Hrůša will return to conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in November 2019. Their previous collaborations have received acclaim from audiences and the press. Sam Jacobson, writing in Bachtrack, praises conductor and orchestra’s “incandescent chemistry”...

Jakub Hrůša conducted the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and violinist Joshua Bell at the BBC Proms on 20 July. The programme featured Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, with Bell; and Smetana’s Má vlast. Richard Morrison writes in The Times, “So far I have...

Jakub Hrůša has received acclaim for last Friday's performance with the San Francisco Symphony. In reviewing a performance which included Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (with soloist Karen Gomyo) and Borodin’s Symphony No. 2, critic Rebecca Wishnia writes: “Once...