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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...

JAKUB HRŮŠA AND FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN WITH A CZECH EVENING - Watch the full concert on the Berlin Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall website. Jakub Hrůša, chief conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker and a guest of the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time,...

Following a signing ceremony earlier today at the Bavarian Ministry of Arts in Munich, it has been announced that Jakub Hrůša’s contract as Chief Conductor of Bamberg Symphony has been renewed for a further five years through 2026. Since beginning his tenure in 2016,...

Jakub Hrůša and the Philharmonia have been praised following their performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony at London's at Royal Festival Hall. Writing for Classical Source, critic Douglas Cooksey praised Jakub's “natural affinity with Mahler’s music”. He continues,...

Jakub Hrůša has gone from strength to strength in 2017, astounding critics and audiences alike. Hrůša has showcased his prowess and innovation, winning critical acclaim in his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut back in May. This performance firmly placed him among the...

Jakub Hrůša has been named Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. Jakub's tenure will begin his tenure as Principal Guest Conductor from the 2018/19 season. Jakub Hrůša made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic in 2004 when he stepped in at short notice...

Jakub Hrůša made his BBC Proms debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, rounding off a spectacular season of debuts with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the...

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 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...