Jakub Hrůša

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša is one of the busiest conductors in the world.  At present, Jakub Hrůša is chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. He has also served as principal guest conductor of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and from autumn 2025 he will be Music Director of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. In addition, he has been announced as the future Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic starting in the 2028/29 season.
 

“People are amazed at how many superb composers we have in such a small country that can really compete with the best," he said of Czechia, his native country.

He was born in Brno in 1981. He studied conducting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the famous Jiří Bělohlávek, former head of the Czech Philharmonic. He is particularly acclaimed by experts for his excellent interpretations of the works of the great classical composers from the 18th to the 20th century, as well as for his performance of famous and lesser-known compositions by names ranging from Bedřich Smetana
through to contemporary composers.

In 2020 he was twice the winner of a prestigious award from BBC Music Magazine. He has won the prestigious German Opus Klassik award, in the Conductor of the Year category. He was awarded the Antonín Dvořák Prize for his promotion of Czech music abroad and again won the Anděl Award in the classical music category.

Jakub Hrůša was the patron of the Smetana 200 project and the ambassador for the Year of Czech Music 2024. During these celebrations of Czech music, his appearances included conducting at the prestigious Smetana’s Litomyšl, the opera Libuše at the Prague Spring in the Rudolfinum and Janáček Brno.