Biography
Born in the Czech Republic and described by Gramophone as ‘on the verge of greatness’, Jakub Hrůša is Chief Conductor of Bamberg Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Permanent Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and served as Music Director and Chief Conductor of PKF-Prague Philharmonia from 2009-2015.
He is a regular guest with many of the world’s greatest orchestras. Recent highlights have included débuts with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Filarmonica della Scala, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Chicago Symphony; Bohemian Legends and The Mighty Five – two major series specially devised for the Philharmonia Orchestra; and returns to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, DSO Berlin, and Los Angeles Philharmonic. The 17/18 season will see his débuts with the San Francisco Symphony and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recent News
Jakub Hrůša Named Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
IMG Artists is thrilled to announce that Jakub Hrůša has been named Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. The appointment follows this morning’s announcement from the Orchestra that Semyon Bychkov is named its Chief Conductor and Music Director...
Jakub Hrůša’s Spectacular Season Closes with “Spine-Tingling” BBC Proms Debut
Jakub Hrůša has concluded his 2016/17 season by making his BBC Proms debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall, rounding off a remarkable season which has also seen him make debuts with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Orchestra...
Jakub Hrůša Impresses on Chicago Symphony Orchestra Debut with “Glorious” Má Vlast
Jakub Hrůša’s remarkable 2016/17 season continues with the maestro impressing on a “superb” debut (Chicago Tribune) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (May 18th). Hrůša’s affinity to Smetana’s Má Vlast, which he recorded with the Bamberg Symphony last year to...
Reviews
“Jakub Hruša’s sensational conducting reinforces the vivacity and stylishness: the London Philharmonic sound brilliantly effervescent under his baton and a score too often taken for granted comes thrillingly alive. [On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’]”
“Jakub Hrůša led a fiery, passionate account of Bizet’s score, dripping with drama. [On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’]”
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“… very special … really superb … [Hrůša] has this music in his blood …”
Fanfare Magazine July 2017
“… a triumph of balanced energy, gentle emotion, and clear sound … There is something beguiling and profoundly right about Hrůša’s way with the music … a privileged glimpse into the human heart.”
Fanfare Magazine July 2017
“With an original approach that privileges epic scope in measured tempi, the conductor Jakub Hrusa offers the famous score a most poignant vision. Perfectly mastering the balance between instruments, he gives life to fragrant emotion throughout the cycle.”
Opus Haute Définition May 31st 2017
“… colourful and exciting … impassioned … animated … impressive … an auspicious debut.”
The New York Times May 26th 2017
“Ma Vlast clearly is close to Jakub Hrusa’s heart. He made it speak through the orchestra to the hearts of his listeners… Mark well the name of this upwardly mobile conductor. He deserves a return engagement at Orchestra Hall.”
Chicago Tribune May 19th 2017
“Everything I hear from this charismatic Czech conductor leaps off the page … Hrůša showed how completely he is inside the music in this big-hearted, compelling performance. Every instrumental nuance, every slender rubato and explosion of drama took us directly into this Symphony’s universal but specifically Czech character … spellbinding …”
“Refinement, sophistication … an extraordinarily strong artistic personality … full of drama and lyricism … a conductor of absolute genuine quality”
“Graceful, impressive, flowing and beautifully expressive”
“The conductor is Jakub Hrůša, and under his direction the London Philharmonic make this quicksilver score sound sumptuous, at times almost Straussian, and pulsing with life”
“The drama is magnificently focused by Jakub Hrusa’s conducting … he brings an irresistible life force to the London Philharmonic’s playing… Hrusa finds countless absorbing details and treats the whole score…as one luscious tone poem. (On Glyndebourne’s ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’)”
“Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa, attuned to the score’s every nuance, draws magnificent playing from the London Philharmonic (On Glyndebourne’s ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’)”
“Marvellously energised and colourful…..The performance’s hero is the young Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa. (On Glyndebourne’s ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’)”
“Jakub Hruša’s sensational conducting reinforces the vivacity and stylishness: the London Philharmonic sound brilliantly effervescent under his baton and a score too often taken for granted comes thrillingly alive. (On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’)”
“Jakub Hrůša led a fiery, passionate account of Bizet’s score, dripping with drama. [On Glyndebourne’s ‘Carmen’]”
“Jakub Hrůša, always an excellent conductor, capitalises on everything to deliver a taut, glittering yet nuanced account of the score ”
“‘…dynamic, energised conducting from Jakub Hrůša.'”
“‘…guest conductor Jakub Hrůša brought down the house after intermission — or should we say, knocked the paintings right off the walls?'”
“Hrusa paced things perfectly, releasing the floodgates at the exact right moment. More effective, harder-hitting finales simply don’t exist.”
“Jakub Hrůša is a rising star among conductors”
“Hrůša’s direction of the piece [Praga] glowed with conviction from first to last.”
“Hrůša and the Philharmonia found just the right note of latent anxiety”
“[Hrůša is] ‘an invigorating presence, leaping off the balls of his feet as he steers an orchestra through something middle European or beyond’”
“Outstanding! Beg, borrow or steal a ticket for the final concert”
“You just never know when lightning will strike in a concert hall. It happened Thursday night at the Meyerhoff, where conductor Jakub Hrusa made his Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debut…”
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