Gergely Madaras
Gergely is music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. This season he returns to the WDR Sinfonieorchester, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Norwegian Radio Orchestra; he makes debuts with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and George Enescu Philharmonic.
Recent symphonic highlights include appearances with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Sao Paulo State Symphony and with Il Pomo d'Oro and Joyce DiDonato at the Concertgebouw, as part of the "EDEN" tour.
Gergely was the first Sir Charles Mackerras Fellow at English National Opera, which led to his opera debut at the London Coliseum with a new production of Die Zauberflöte with director Simon McBurney. Since then, he has directed acclaimed productions at The National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and La Monnaie. Last season, he returned to the Hungarian state for La bohème.