Last week, Jakub Hrůša conducted the final performance of Leoš Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová at this year’s Salzburg Festival. The new production by Barrie Kosky, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic, was Hrůša’s debut at the Festival and earned him unanimous praise from...
At short notice and with no rehearsal, Jakub Hrůša recently stepped in for Riccardo Chailly to conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Songs of a Wayfarer (featuring Andrè Schuen) with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Writing about the concert, Patrick Hürlimann from Le...