In recent decades, few Hungarian conductors have been as successful in Western Europe as Gergely Madaras. His international career began at the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors where he received a prize.
In recent decades, few Hungarian conductors have been as successful in Western Europe as Gergely Madaras. His international career began at the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors where he received a prize. Born in 1984, the Junior Prima Award-winning maestro has been artistic director of the Dijon Bourgogne Orchestra since 2013 and principal conductor of the Savaria Syphony Orchestra since 2014. In the 2015/2016 season he made his début at the helm of the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and was a returning guest with the Munich Chamber Orchestra. He conducted the Academy of Ancient Music, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and appeared in the United States and New Zealand. As first recipient of the Charles Mackerras fellowship, he conducted numerous productions in the world-famous English National Opera. He has conducted many eminent European orchestras and has been involved in contemporary music projects. For many years, he worked as an assistant to Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy, as well as with Péter Eötvös and George Benjamin. Having trained as a flautist, he studied conducting in Vienna and went on to study with maestros including James Levine, Mark Elder, Herbert Blomstedt, David Zinman, Mariss Jansons and Colin Davis, with renowned orchestras such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé Orchestra.
