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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...

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 is named Conductor of the Year at the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK Awards for his award-winning recording of Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1 with Bamberger Symphoniker (Deutsche Grammophon). Hrůša and Bamberg’s recording is full of energy and depth and sheds a vital new...

Principal Guest Conductor Jakub Hrůša led the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and bass-baritone Adam Plachetka at the inauguration of the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel. The ceremony was held at St...