Alena Hron

Alena Hron’s work as a conductor has already made a impact on the Czech music scene and beyond. She has made history as the first woman to hold the position of a Chief Conductor in the Czech Republic; she will lead the South Czech Philharmonic from the 24/25 season. The appointment came as Alena finished her second Master’s Degree at the Zurich University of the Arts in the class of Johannes Schlaefli and Christoph-Mathias Mueller. She is the winner of the 2024-26 TAKI Fellowship, which offers intensive mentorship and coaching from Marin Alsop and the opportunity to conduct some of world’s leading orchestras. This includes a guest appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival in summer 2024.

Alena had one of her major conducting breaks last season as she debuted at the Prague Spring International Music Festival with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. The debut had an overwhelmingly positive critical reaction, hailed by several major news outlets as triumphant. “A fundamental part of [Prague Symphony’s] exceptionally motivated and excellent playing clearly needs to be attributed to the conductor: subtle yet able to inspire, lead and command.” (Klasika Plus).

Alena has her first CD out: a recording of the complete orchestral works by the Czech female composer Vítězslava Kaprálová with the Janáček Philharmonic.