Jakub Hrůša 

Jakub Hrůša is Music Director Designate of The Royal Opera (Music Director from 2025), Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and Chief Conductor and Music Director Designate of the Czech Philharmonic (Music Director from 2028). He was the 2023 Opus Klassik Conductor of the Year, and a double winner at the 2024 Gramophone Awards. He is a regular guest with orchestras worldwide, including the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Philharmonia Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NHK Symphony, Chicago Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has led opera productions for The Royal Opera (Carmen, Lohengrin, Jenůfa), Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Glyndebourne Festival. His numerous awards include the ICMA Prize for both Symphonic Opera and Opera Video, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Bavarian Culture Prize, the Sir Charles Mackerras Prize, the Antonín Dvořák Prize and the Bavarian State Prize for Music.