Jakub Hrůša’s recording of Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin (Bis) with violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann and Bamberger Symphoniker is nominated for the 2021 Gramophone Award in the Best Concerto category. The prestigious award will be announced on 5 October during an online ceremony presented by Gramophone Editor-in-Chief James Jolly and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Medici TV and Gramophone’s social media channels.
Guy Rickards writes in his review of the album, “[Bamberg’s] chief conductor Jakub Hrůša (together they were awarded the 2020 Bavarian State Prize for Music) is also principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and as fine a Martinů interpreter as anyone on the podium currently.”