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Jakub Hrůša Named Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
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 Closes Wonderful Season with “Tremendous” BBC Proms Debut
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...
Hrůša Brings “Glorious” Ma Vlast to Chicago on “Superb” Debut with CSO
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’s BBC Proms Debut Announced
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...
Jakub Hrůša Appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša has been announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra alongside Santtu-Matias Rouvali from the 2017/18 season. Of the announcement, Hrůša said: “The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of my absolutely favourite musical ensembles...
Jakub Hrůša Q&A with The Arts Desk – “Hrůša can now be numbered among the greats…”
"Here was confirmation of what we already knew from the eight operas he’s conducted at Glyndebourne, that a leading light among the younger generation of conductors – Hrůša is 35 – can now be numbered among the greats." - David Nice Jakub Hrůša sat down with David...
Má Vlast Praised on SWR2 By Christine Lemke-Matwey of Die Zeit
Culture journalist Christine Lemke-Matwey of Germany's Die Zeit was full of praise for Jakub's latest recording Má Vlast during a broadcast on SWR2. Ms Lemke-Matwey applauded Jakub Hrůša's brave and unpretentious interpretation of the piece: „Mutig ist es, schon...
Smetana: Má Vlast – “Hrůša exhausts the contrasts to their fullest” – Recent Press Reviews
Jakub's first recording with the Bamberger Symphoniker has already received numerous positive press reviews. Scroll down for some of the press highlights. „Das Orchester punktet mit seinem seidig-dunklen Klang, hervorragenden Streichern und Holzbläsern sowie...
Jakub Hrůša Makes Boston Symphony Debut and Returns To Cleveland
Jakub Hrůša, who recently received critical acclaim for this debut as Chief Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker, has been applauded for his debut with the Boston Symphony and his return to the Cleveland Orchestra. These collaborations with reputable orchestras are...
OUT NOW: SMETANA – MÁ VLAST
Jakub Hrůša's first recording with the Bamberger Philharmoniker, Smetana: Má Vlast, has been released on Tudor. Smetana’s cycle “My Country” is a pinnacle of symphonic literature. There is nothing quite like it: six musical poems which, while independent of each...
“Jakub Hrůša’s Brilliant Debut” as Chief Conductor of Bamberg Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša’s debut as Chief Conductor of Bamberger Symphoniker earned universal acclaim from the German classical press. “Jakub Hrůša’s brilliant debut” (Michael Weiser,Nordbayerischer Kurier) on Saturday, 1 October, featured Varèse’s “Tuning Up” for Orchestra,...
Jakub Hrůša Enchants Audiences In Glyndebourne’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Conductor Jakub Hrůša, stepping in at short notice to conduct A Midsummer Night's Dream at Glyndebourne, has been lauded by critics for his performances of Peter Hall's classic production. "The youthful Glyndebourne stalwart" (What's On Stage), not long after his...
Jakub Hrůša to Conduct Glyndebourne’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jakub Hrůša will step in at short notice to conduct Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at this summer’s Glyndebourne Festival. Hailed as “magnificent” (The Times) and a “hero” (The Telegraph) for his conducting of Glyndebourne’s current production of...
Jakub Hrůša Thrills with Glyndebourne’s Cunning Little Vixen
Conductor Jakub Hrůša has earned outstanding praise from the classical press for his performances at Glyndebourne’s revival of Melly Still’s 2012 production of Leoš Janáček’s operatic fable The Cunning Little Vixen. Neil Fisher in The Times writes of Hrůša: “A Brno...
Jakub Hrůša Named First Winner of the Sir Charles Mackerras Prize
Jakub Hrůša was named the inaugural winner of the Sir Charles Mackerras Prize on 7 November at the Janáček Theatre in Brno. The award, endowed by a bequest from the late conductor and bestowed by the Leoš Janáček Foundation once per decade, honours an outstanding...