Jakub Hrůša is Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, and Principal Guest Conductor of both the Czech Philharmonic and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. From autumn 2025 he will take up the post of Music Director at the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in London.
 
He appears frequently as a guest with the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Berlin, Vienna, Munich and New York Philharmonics; the Bavarian Radio, NHK, Chicago and Boston Symphonies; Lucerne Festival, Royal Concertgebouw, Mahler Chamber and The Cleveland Orchestras; Orchestre de Paris and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich.
 
He has conducted opera productions at some of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe. In 2022 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival.
 
For his recordings with the Bamberg Symphony, he has received ICMA prizes for Hans Rott's 1st Symphony and Bruckner's 4th Symphony, as well as the Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for Mahler's 4th Symphony, and a BBC Music Magazine Award for Dvořák and Martinů Piano Concertos with Ivo Kahánek.
 
Hrůša studied at Prague’s Academy of Performing Arts. He is President of the International Martinů Circle and The Dvořák Society. He was the inaugural recipient of the Sir Charles Mackerras Prize, and in 2020 was awarded the Antonín Dvořák Prize by the Czech Republic’s Academy of Classical Music, and – with Bamberg Symphony – the Bavarian State Prize for Music. In 2023, Jakub Hrůša was awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London.