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Conductor Alena Hron makes two highly anticipated German debuts in May. On 10 May, she leads MDR-Sinfonieorchester at Leipzig Gewandhaus in an all-Czech programme featuring Novák’s "V Tatrach" (In the Tatras) Symphonic Poem op. 26; Janáček’s Suite for orchestra from...

The recording of complete orchestral works by the young Czech composer Vítěslava Kaprálová on the cpo label, performed by the Janáček Philharmonic and conducted by Alena Hron, has been awarded the prestigous Diapason d’Or de l’Année in the category Artistic Project....

The November issue of the prestigious Diapason Magazine has selected the recording of the complete orchestral works by the Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, performed by the Janáček Philharmonic under the direction of Alena Hron and released on the German label...

Conductor Alena Hron will make her debut with the Polish National Radio Orchestra (NOSPR) on 14 and 16 November, the latter being broadcast live on Polish National Radio, Channel 2.  The repertoire will include Kodály’s Dances of Galanta, Bartók’s Hungarian...

Alena Hron will make her subscription season debut with the Prague Symphony Orchestra on the 6, 7 and 10 November 2024. The subscription concerts at Prague’s Smetana Hall and Brno’s Besední dům feature Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Andrew Lloyd...

Alena Hron has been nomiated for the 2025 Gramophone Concerto Award for her CPO release, Vítězslava Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Work. The prestigious honours will be announced at the gala awards ceremony at the De Vere Connaught Rooms in London, on 15 October...

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,...

To mark the 200th anniversary of Smetana’s birth, Alena Hron will open this year’s Festival Krumlov on 12 July, conducting a unique staging of Smetana’s Ma vlast with the Janáček Philharmonic, joined on stage by ballet ensemble Les Ballets Bubeníček. The open-air...

The Janáček Philharmonic, under the baton of Alena Hron, has released a rare recording of the complete orchestral works by the Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová on the German label cpo. The album also contains the world premiere of Fanfare for Brass and Timpani, one...

Alena Hron has joined IMG Artists for General Management. She will be represented by Senior Vice President Linda Petrikova. Alena Hron: “It is a great joy and honour at the same time! I look forward to everything that this new chapter of my life will bring. I feel...