Czech PO/Hrusa

Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe Czech Philharmonic, founded by Antonín Dvorák in 1896, is frequently cited as one of the finest in Europe, but has been leaderless since 2007 when chief conductor Zdenek Mácal suddenly resigned, apparently in response to a bad review.Eliahu Inbal is due to take up the reins next season, but the orchestra's British visit is in the hands of the prodigiously talented 28-year-old Jakub Hrusa, who is himself lined up to become the new music director of Glyndeb...

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