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Conductor Jakub Hrůša has received the state honour of the Medal of Merit in the field of Arts from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel. The ceremonial presentation took place on 28 October 2025, in the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle on the national...

Jakub Hrůša has launched his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera to great acclaim with Oliver Mears’ new production of Puccini’s Tosca. Starring Anna Netrebko in the title role, Tosca also stars Freddie De Tommaso as Mario Cavaradossi and Gerald Finely as...

Jakub Hrůša will become the Czech Philharmonic’s Chief Conductor and Music Director from September 2028. His initial contract is for five years, with both parties seeing the appointment as the beginning of a long-term relationship and expecting that they will wish to...

The Royal Ballet and Opera today announced its 2025/26 season, the first in Jakub Hrůša’s tenure as Music Director of the Royal Opera. The announcement unveiled a thrilling programme of new commissions, world premieres and much-loved revivals as well as the first...

On the 31 January, Jakub Hrůša conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London. The programme featured Pavel Haas' Scherzo triste, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major with pianist Jonathan Biss and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 in G...

Following great success in the opening concert of the 2024 Janáček Brno Festival with the Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša has accepted a second invitation to this year's festival and will appear on the podium for their closing concert with the Staatskapelle Berlin...

The 2024 Gramophone Awards were announced on 2 October in a glittering ceremony at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms hosted by the magazine’s editor Martin Cullingford. Conductor Jakub Hrůša took home two awards on the night. He shares the Concerto Award with...

Conductor Jakub Hrůša has been awarded Czechia’s Silver Medal of the President of the Senate, its highest award, presented to extraordinary artists, scientists or sportspeople. Since 2012, the medal has been presented by the Senate’s President in honour of Czech...

Jakub Hrůša, featuring as both conductor and pianist, 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...

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 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...

Between 23-27 April 2024, Jakub Hrůša led the Bamberg Symphony on a four-date US tour, including concerts at Boston’s Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York. The programme featured Wagner’s Lohengrin Prelude, Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and...

It has just been announced that Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony will be one of the resident ensembles at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Their residency, consisting of four concerts at the Usher Hall, begins on the on the 06 August 2024 with...

Jakub Hrůša brought in the New Year with the Czech Philharmonic, conducting two performances on 1st January at the Ruldolfinum in Prague. Alongside a centenary-celebrating performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Olga Kern, Hrůša made a varied selection...

Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša has extended his contract to remain with the Bamberg Symphony through the end of the 2028/29 season. This was announced on 8 December at the Bavarian State Ministry by Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts, Markus Blume,...

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...