Jakub Hruša

was born in the Czech Republic. He is Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, Music Director Designate of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Music Director from 2025), Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, and of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma. He was also Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra and of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
He was the 2023 »OPUS Klassik« »Conductor of the Year«, and a frequent guest with many of the world’s greatest orchestras, enjoying close relationships and performing regularly with the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

As an opera conductor, he led productions for the Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, and Zurich Opera. In the 2023/24 season, he conducts Janacek’s »Jenůfa«for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
His relationships with leading vocal and instrumental soloists have included collaborations in recent seasons with Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Rudolf Buchbinder, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Isabelle Faust, Julia Fischer, Sol Gabetta, Christian Gerhaher, Hélène Grimaud, Barbara Hannigan, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Lang Lang, Igor Levit Anne-Sophie Mutter, Emmanuel Pahud, Yuja Wang, Alisa Weilerstein, and Frank Peter Zimmermann. As a recording artist, Hrůša has received numerous awards and nominations for his discography.

He studied conducting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Hrůša is currently President of the International Martinů Circle and The Dvořák Society, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was the inaugural recipient of the »Sir Charles Mackerras Prize«, and in 2020 was awarded both the »Antonín Dvořák Prize« by the Czech Republic’s Academy of Classical Music, and – together with Bamberg Symphony – the »Bavarian State Prize for Music.«