Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras is renowned for his "convincingly married energy and expressiveness, precision and passion" on the podium and was as recently named "Conductor of the Year" at the Bartók Radio Music Awards.
His 2026/27 season features symphonic debuts with NDR Radiophilharmonie, SWR Symphony, Slovak State Kosice and Israel Philharmonic orchestras and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He returns to Dresden Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio, Mulhouse and Royal Philharmonic – as well as working with NFM Wrocław Philharmonic in a programme that celebrates both the Beethoven and Dohnányi anniversaries, and a contemporary project with WDR Symphony Orchestra as part of the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.
Recent symphonic highlights include performances with the Oslo, Luxembourg and Hong Kong Philharmonics, Dresden Staatskapelle, Budapest Festival Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, The 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, São Paulo State Symphony and with Il pomo d’oro and Joyce DiDonato at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as part of the "EDEN" tour.
Gergely Madaras was the inaugural Sir Charles Mackerras Fellow at the English National Opera. In recent seasons he has conducted critically acclaimed productions at the Welsh National Opera, Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, La Monnaie and Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. He served as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège from 2019 to 2025, where his successful tenure was recently marked by him being named an Honorary Citizen of the City.