Conductor Jakub Hrůša wins German Opus Klassik 2023 music award

The Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša is to be presented with the German music award Opus Klassik 2023 in the category Conductor of the Year for his recording of music by Hans Rott, Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner with the Bamberger Symphoniker. The awards will be handed out at a gala ceremony in Berlin on October 8. Hrůša, who has been chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orcherstra since 2016, said he was greatly honoured to be among the 2023 Opus Klassik prize winners.