Jiří Habart

Biography

Conductor Jiří Habart makes his debut at the National Theatre Opera in February 2025 (Così fan tutte). In March 2023 he became a finalist of the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition which was founded in London in 1990 by the philanthropist Donatella Flick to support young up-and-coming conductors at the commencement of their careers. Still in 2023, in August, he added another major coup, this time in the Zoltán Kodály International Music Competition in Debrecen, Hungary. He took fifth place, plus further awards entailing invitations for several guest appearances at the Hungarian State Opera (with Dvořák’s Rusalka), at the Kodály Philharmonia Debrecen, and with Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra in Budapest. He began his musical career as a violinist at the age of twelve. He studied conducting at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno and at the same time cultivating his skills in Baroque violin. He has worked with more than a few Czech and international orchestras (Brno Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Zlín, Plzeň Philharmonic, Southern Bohemia Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, or Kodály Philharmonia Debrecen). In May 2024 he made his debut at the Prague Spring Festival, when he led the Prague Philharmonia. Since the 2019/2020 season he has been conducting the opera ensemble of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava.