Jiří Habart/ 1992 / Frýdek - Místek, Czech republik Jiří Habart (1992), belongs to the youngest generation of Czech conductors. He won the 5th prize on Zoltán Kodály Conducting Competition in Debrecen 2023 and three special prizes from Hungarin State Opera, Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra Budapest and Kodály Philharmonia Debrecen. He is also finalist of Donatela Flick Conducting Competition 2023 in London.

He started to play the violin when he was twelve years old. He graduated from Art school in Litomyšl, and the Conservatory of P. J. Vejvanovský in Kroměříž. He studied conducting at Janaček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno – under the guidance of Jakub Klecker, Tomáš Hanus. Habart also studied choirmastering under the guidance of Blanka Juhaňáková. He is a 2014 Bayreuther Festspiele scholarship holder. Habart also attended courses of conducting lead by Tomáš Netopil, Kirk Trevor, Zsolt Nagy, and Mark Stringer. Jiří Habart also studied the baroque violin under the guidance of Lenka Torgersen, a renowed artist, leader of Collegium Marianum.

Habart co-operates with London Symphony Orchestra, Kodaly Philharmonic orchestra Debrecen, Brno Philharmony Orchestra, Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava, Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic in Zlín, Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, South Czech Philharmonic. During his studies on HF JAMU chamber opera, he conducted operas L'impresario in angustie (Cimarosa), Orpheus and Euridyce (Gluck) and The Magical Flute (Mozart).

In terms of the 2018 International Janáček Brno festival, he appeared with two contemporary operas Falstaff and Neznámá.

Since 2019/2020 season, Habart has been a conductor of opera ensemble of the National Moravian - Silesian theatre in Ostrava, where he has conducted the following ballets and operas: Don Quijote (Minkus), The Nutcracker (Tchaikowsky), Le Corsaire (Adam), Dangerous liaisons (Maskats), Nabucco (Verdi), La Scuola de Gelosi (Salieri), The Bartered Bride, The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, Dalibor, Two Widows (Smetana), Manon (Massenet), Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), Il ballo delle ingrate (Monteverdi), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini). In the National theatre in Brno, was an assistant on the production of Dvořak‘s opera The Devil and Kate. He conducted performance in part of the Smetana’s Litomyšl international festival 2023. At the 2020 International Dvořák‘s Prague Festival, he was an assistant to conductor Tomáš Netopil on the Symphony no. 9 d - minor (Beethoven).

In the seasion 2023/2024 he is expecting to have a debut with Slovak Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmony Ostrava, Sinfonia Varsovia and Prague Spring festival in 2025. He is also invited to conduct Dvorak’s Rusalka in Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.