{"id":5956,"date":"2025-10-15T18:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/vanessa-benelli-mosell\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:17:59","slug":"jiri-rozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/jiri-rozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-06d491e8\">\n\n<p>Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s strong identity as a Czech conductor with a broad training is as manifest in his diverse and often adventurous repertoire as in the dynamic trajectory of his career.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s substantial schedule has taken him to the UK (Hall\u00e9, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Germany (Bochumer Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden, MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Staatsorchester Kassel) France (Orchestre National de Metz), the Netherlands (Philharmonie Zuidnederland), Belgium (Antwerp Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li\u00e8ge), Scandinavia (Aalborg Symphony, Danish Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra), Spain (Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de las Islas Baleares), the USA (Naples Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony), Japan (Hiroshima Symphony) and China (Nanjing Forest Music Festival). In the Czech Republic, Ro\u017ee\u0148 appeared with the Brno Philharmonic, Jan\u00e1\u010dek Philharmonic Ostrava, Prague Philharmonia and Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year 2025 by the leading German magazine Opernwelt, he conducted at the Prague State Opera the Czech premiere of Ligeti\u2019s <em>Le Grand Macabre<\/em>, and Erwin Schulhoff\u2019s <em>Flammen<\/em> (directed by Calixto Bieito. Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s repertoire at the Prague State Opera has also embraced Schoenberg\u2019s <em>Erwartung<\/em>, Weill\u2019s <em>Die Sieben Tods\u00fcnden<\/em>, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s <em>Rusalka<\/em>. In Ostrava he took charge of the Czech premiere of Luigi Nono\u2019s <em>Prometeo. Tragedia dell&#8217;ascolto <\/em>and conducted Smetana\u2019s <em>The Bartered Bride<\/em> for Gothenburg Opera. He collaborated on a new production of Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s <em>K\u00e1\u0165a Kabanov\u00e1<\/em> for Bergen National Opera. In January 2026, he conducts the world premiere of Ana Sokolovi\u0107\u2019s <em>Clown(s)<\/em> at the opera in Montr\u00e9al, and in June 2026, Kurt Weill\u2019s <em>Der Zar l\u00e4sst sich fotografieren<\/em> and Carl Orff\u2019s <em>Die Kluge<\/em> at the Frankfurt Opera.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f6791b08\">\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Videos<\/summary>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fb3d0c78\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-f05b7023\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-0a89c00e\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0a89c00e\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148_Rachmaninoff:  Concerto For Piano no 2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6KZi-z6kyg?list=PL1YKxd9X3nWOc3IAG80UObl5nnieV5vcd\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-4d53fbb1\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4d53fbb1\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4a8cc1fe gb-headline-text\"><strong>Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 1<\/strong> <br>Inmo Yang (violin)<br>Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148 (conductor)<br>Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra<br>The Main Hall Stockholm (30\/01\/2025)<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-67acc54a\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-d681cd0b\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d681cd0b\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (250130 Stockholm)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPb_BYx9Dfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-417cff8a\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-417cff8a\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e6ed99bf gb-headline-text\"><strong>Bruch: <strong>1. 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The Czech premiere of Friedrich Cerha\u2019s epic orchestral cycle Spiegel, with the Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 Philharmonic, is followed by engagements with the Prague Philharmonia, and the Ostrava Center for New Music. At the start of the season he gives his debut at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest (Enescu\u2019s Symphony No 2 with the Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra Ia\u0219i), while February 2026 brings the world premiere, presented by Opera Montreal, of <em>Clown(s)<\/em> by the composer Ana Sokolovi\u0107. After Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s <em>Stabat Mater<\/em> with the National Orchestra of Ireland, Ro\u017ee\u0148 finishes the season with a 20th century double bill at the Frankfurt Opera: Weill\u2019s <em>Der Zar l\u00e4\u00dft sich photographieren <\/em>and Orff\u2019s <em>Die Kluge<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4fbf7a53 gb-headline-text\">Nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year 2025 by the leading German magazine Opernwelt, Ro\u017ee\u0148 gives further proof of his enterprising spirit in the opera house. At the Prague State Opera he conducted the Czech premiere of Ligeti\u2019s Le Grand Macabre (presented under the auspices of the Opera Nova Festival, curated by Ro\u017ee\u0148, which also staged the world premiere of <em>Kafka\u2019s Letter to his Father <\/em>by Ji\u0159\u00ed Trt\u00edk), and, the first Czech performance since 1932 of Erwin Schulhoff\u2019s <em>Flammen<\/em>; directed by Calixto Bieito, the production was nominated for an International Opera Award. Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s repertoire at the Prague State Opera has also embraced Schoenberg\u2019s <em>Erwartung<\/em>, Weill\u2019s <em>Die Sieben Tods\u00fcnden<\/em> and a pillar of the Czech operatic repertoire, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s <em>Rusalka<\/em>. In Ostrava he took charge of the Czech premiere of Luigi Nono\u2019s 1985 \u2018<em>tragedia dell&#8217;ascolto\u2019 Prometeo<\/em> and he visited Sweden to conduct Smetana\u2019s <em>The Bartered Bride<\/em> for Gothenburg Opera. He collaborated again with director Barbora Hor\u00e1kov\u00e1 Joly on a new production of Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s <em>K\u00e1\u0165a Kabanov\u00e1<\/em> for Bergen National Opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-155c91cd gb-headline-text\">In the Czech Republic, Ro\u017ee\u0148 appeared with the Czech Philharmonic (with which he has recorded Richard Blackford\u2019s Kalon for Signum Classics), Brno Philharmonic, Jan\u00e1\u010dek Philharmonic Ostrava, Prague Philharmonia and Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a proponent of Czech music, two of his signature works are Martin\u016f\u2019s Symphony No 6 (which he has conducted with the BBC Philharmonic, Hamburger Symphoniker, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony) and Miloslav Kabel\u00e1\u010d\u2019s Symphony No 4 (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Czech Philharmonic, Musikkollegium Winterthur, NOSPR Katowice, Prague Philharmonia, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra und Ulster Orchestra). \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d9c78abf gb-headline-text\">Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s substantial schedule has also taken him to the UK (Hall\u00e9, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic<br>Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Germany (Bochumer Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden<br>MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Staatsorchester Kassel), Slovakia (Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra), France (Orchestre National de Metz), the Netherlands (Philharmonie Zuidnederland), Belgium (Antwerp Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Flanders Symphony, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li\u00e8ge), Scandinavian (Aalborg Symphony, Danish Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, \u00a0Stavanger Symphony Orchestra), Spain (Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de las Islas Baleares), the USA (Utah Symphony, Naples Philharmonic), Japan (Hiroshima Symphony) and China (Nanjing Forest Music Festival). Ro\u017ee\u0148\u2019s European festival appearances have included the Prague Spring Festival, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k Prague Festival, Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek International Music Festival and Jan\u00e1\u010dek Brno Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-04700ccc gb-headline-text\">Among the soloists with whom Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148 has collaborated are the singers Pavol Breslik, Lawrence Brownlee, Pavel \u010cernoch, Victoria Khoroshunova, Kate\u0159ina Kn\u011b\u017e\u00edkov\u00e1, Ausrine Stundyte and the instrumentalists Mahan Esfahani, Kirill Gerstein, Vadim Gluzman, Andrei Ionita, Christian Schmitt, Josef \u0160pa\u010dek, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Vondr\u00e1\u010dek, Inmo Yang and the members of the Janoska Ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8fa7b5de gb-headline-text\">Born in 1991, Ji\u0159\u00ed Ro\u017ee\u0148 gained his formative experience as both an orchestral and operatic conductor after studies in Prague, Salzburg, Hamburg, Zurich and Glasgow (as Leverhulme Conducting Fellow at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He went on to become a finalist at both the Nestl\u00e9 and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award and the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, and to spend two years as Assistant Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, working closely with Donald Runnicles and Thomas Dausgaard during the season and at London\u2019s BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival. He has been mentored by such figures as Garry Walker, Dennis Russell Davies, Ulrich Windfuhr and Johannes Schlaefli and, through masterclasses working under the guidance of leading conductors including Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Daniele Gatti, Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>2025\/2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-587f17e6 gb-headline-text\"><strong>This biography is to be reproduced without any changes, omissions or additions, unless expressly authorised by artist management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>General Management<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,41,42,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conductors","category-front-page","category-mobile-version","category-artists-projects-en","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8893,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions\/8893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekkehardjung.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}