Alena Hron makes her US debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on 25th July. She will conduct George Walker’s Icarus in Orbit at the 3,350-capacity Pavilion at the Ravinia Festival, the orchestra’s annual summer residency. She shares the stage with Marin Alsop, Chief Conductor of the Festival and Hron’s mentor through the TAKI-Alsop Fellowship, of which she is the 2024-26 recipient.
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Alena Hron has made history as the first woman in the Czech Republic to be appointed Chief Conductor, and will lead the South Czech Philharmonic from the 2024/25 season.
Photo Credit: Petra Hajska
