Following great success in the opening concert of the 2024 Janáček Brno Festival with the Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša has accepted a second invitation to this year’s festival and will appear on the podium for their closing concert with the Staatskapelle Berlin on the 17 November. This last minute appointment comes as a result of Christian Thielemann, chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin, cancelling his appearance due to an unforeseen injury. The programme features Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, with pianist Jan Bartoš, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68.
Jakub Hrůša is Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, Music Director Designate of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden (Music Director from 2025), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. Opus Klassik’s Conductor of the Year in 2023, Jakub’s recent achievements include a double win at the 2024 Gramophone Awards in both the Concerto and Opera categories, for his recordings of Britten’s Violin Concerto with Isabelle Faust and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Kát’a Kabanová with the Vienna Philharmonic at Salzburg Festival. With Bamberg Symphony, he received the ICMA Prize for Symphonic Music in both 2022 and 2023, for his recordings of Rott’s Symphony No. 1 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4.
A frequent guest with many of the world’s greatest orchestras, he enjoys close relationships and performs regularly with the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NHK Symphony and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra – and in the US with The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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