Robert Jindra was born in 1977 in Prague, where he studied singing and conducting at the Conservatory.
Robert Jindra has worked with the National Theatre in Prague for many years. Further engagements have taken him to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (Rusalka - Dvorak), Graz Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Norwegian Opera in Oslo (Ariadne auf Naxos - Strauss, Jenufa - Janacek) and the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava (La Juive - Halévy, The Bartered Bride - Smetana, La Traviata -Verdi).

Jindra works with many orchestras such as the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic or State Philharmonic Košice and Essen Philharmonic, among others.
From the 2018/2019 to the 2020/ 2021 season, Robert Jindra was 1st Kapellmeister at the Aalto Musiktheater and Philharmonie Essen, where he conducted the opera Medea (Reimann), Ring in one evening (Wagner), Tosca (Puccini), Carmen (Bizet) and other works with an extraordinary success.

Robert Jindra has been Music Director of the National Theatre in Prague since September 2022. From 2021 to 2024 Robert Jindra was Chief Conductor of the Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra.

Engagements in the current season include his debut at the Staatsoper Berlin (Die Sache Makropoulos), his debut at the Frankfurt Opera (aus einem Totenhaus) and his debut at the Semperoper Dresden (Roméo et Juliette). He also returns to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (Hänsel und Gretel).