Jakub Hrůša

Jakub Hrůša (1981) is a Czech conductor and one of the world’s greatest specialists in the Czech repertoire. He made his Netherlands debut in 2015 conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra in works by Shostakovich, Janáček and Smetana. Jakub Hrůša is chief conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker, permanent guest conductor with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor with both the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. From 2009 to 2015 he was music director of the Prague Chamber Philharmonic. Hrůša is a frequent guest at the Glyndebourne Festival in England, where he has conducted Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and Puccini's La Bohème. With Rusalka, Hrůša is making his DNO debut.