Gergely Madaras

Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras was named 2025 “Conductor of the Year” at the Bartok Radio Awards. He served as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège from 2019-2025 where his successful tenure was recently marked by him being named an Honorary Citizen of the City.

This season includes high-profile symphonic debuts at the Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Dresden Staatskapelle, Palau Valencia, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Mulhouse, Tampere, Trondheim and also with Welsh National Opera (Tosca). He returns to the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Luxembourg, Oslo, Turku and Warsaw Philharmonics, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and BBCNOW as well as Hungarian State Opera and a special project with Hungarian Radio Symphony celebrating the 100th birthday of Gyorgy Kurtag.

Recent symphonic highlights include performances with the Oslo Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Jewish World 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 Hall, as part of the "EDEN" tour.

Gergely was the inaugural Sir Charles Mackerras Fellow at the English National Opera. In recent seasons he has conducted critically-acclaimed productions at the Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and La Monnaie and Hungarian State Opera.