Gergely Madaras

Gergely is Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. In May 2025 he was named Conductor of the Year at the Bartok Radio Awards in recognition of his support and championing of Hungarian composers.

This season includes returns to the WDR Sinfonieorchester, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra; he makes debuts with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and George Enescu Philharmonic.

Recent symphonic highlights include performances 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, 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 ENO, which culminated in his operatic debut at the London Coliseum with a new production of Die Zauberflöte with stage director Simon McBurney. Since then, he has conducted critically-acclaimed productions at the Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and La Monnaie. Last season he returned to the Hungarian State for La bohème.