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Fast gaining an international reputation as one of the most exciting
European conductors of his generation, in 2013 Gergely Madaras was
appointed Music Director of the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne. In September
2014 he also took up the post of Chief Conductor of the Savaria Symphony
Orchestra in his native Hungary. Upcoming orchestral highlights include
his debuts with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Janácek
Philharmonic, Academy of Ancient Music and his North American debut with
the Houston Symphony, as well as returns to the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin. The 2014/15
season also sees Gergely Madaras make his Australasian debut conducting
the Melbourne Symphony, Queensland Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia
orchestras.
Gergely Madaras is also establishing a fine reputation as
an opera conductor: in 2012 he was appointed as the inaugural recipient
of the Charles Mackerras Fellowship at the English National Opera.
During this two year appointment he worked on productions of
The Barber of
Seville,
Benvenuto Cellini,
The Pilgrim’s Progress,
Rigoletto and
Wozzeck, and in Autumn 2013 was
invited by ENO to conduct Simon McBurney's new production of
Magic Flute in London. He will
reprise this production for his debut at De Nedelandse Opera Amsterdam
in Spring 2015. Other opera engagements have included
Peer Gynt in Dijon and Bluebeard's Castle
in concert at the 30th International Bartok Festival in Hungary. Future
appearances in Hungary include semi-staged performances of
La traviata and
Lucia di Lammermoor in Szombathely
and productions of
Magic Flute
and Verdi's
Otello at the Hungarian State Opera
in Budapest. In 2015/16 he will make his debut at the Grand Théâtre de
Genčve with another new production of
Magic Flute.
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