räsonanz – Lucerne 2021
Jakub Hrůša
Jakub Hrůša, who was born in 1981 in Brno in the current Czech Republic, studied conducting with Jiří Bělohlávek and others at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He began his career in 2005 with the Prague Philharmonia, which he led as Chief Conductor from 2008 to 2015. In opera realm, he first attracted attention at Glyndebourne on Tour, where he held the post of Music Director from 2010 to 2013. This was followed by invitations to the Vienna Staatsoper and Zurich Opera (with Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair), the Opéra national de Paris (with Dvořák’s Rusalka), Frankfurt Opera (with Puccini’s Il trittico), and the Royal Opera House in London (with Bizet’s Carmen). Since 2016, Hrůša has been at the helm of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. He was associated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra as Principal Guest Conductor from 2010 to 2018; currently, he holds this position with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
In recent seasons, Hrůša has introduced himself on the podium of many top international orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouworkest, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He made his debuts with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2018; these were followed in 2019 by his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic. Hrůša’s recordings with the Bamberg Symphony include a four-part Brahms-Dvořák cycle. His CD with piano concertos by Dvořák and Martinů, as well as a recording of Barber’s Vanessa from Glyndebourne, won the BBC Music Magazine Award in 2020. Jakub Hrůša is president of the International Martinů Circle and the Dvořák Society. In 2015 he received the inaugural Sir Charles Mackerras Prize.
July 2021