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COncours 2027 – GUEST CONDUCTOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Competitors will have the opportunity to perform alongside the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al (OSM) for the Final Round. For the occasion, the official orchestra of the Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/span> will be under the direction of Guest Conductor Gergely Madaras<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras<\/strong> was named 2025 \u201cConductor of the Year\u201d at the Bart\u00f3k Radio Awards. He served as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li\u00e8ge from 2019\u20132025, where his successful tenure was recently marked by his being named an Honorary Citizen of the City.<\/span><\/p>\n

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His 2026-2027 season features symphonic debuts with the NDR Hannover, SWR Symphony, Slovak State Kosice and Israel Philharmonic orchestras, and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He returns with the Dresden Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de Mulhouse and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as working with the NFM Wroclaw in a program that celebrates both the Beethoven and Dohn\u00e1nyi anniversaries, and on a contemporary project with the WDR Symphony Orchestra as part of the Witten Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent highlights include performances with the Oslo, Luxembourg and Hong Kong philharmonics, the Dresden Staatskapelle, Budapest Festival Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, World Jewish Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, S\u00e3o Paulo State Symphony, and with Il Pomo d\u2019Oro and Joyce DiDonato at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), as part of the EDEN<\/em> tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last season included high-profile debuts with the Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Dresden Staatskapelle, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, at the Palau de la m\u00fasica in Valencia and in Mulhouse, Tampere, and Trondheim, as well as at the Welsh National Opera (Tosca<\/em>). He also conducted the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Turku Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, as well as at the Hungarian State Opera and a special project with the Hungarian Radio Symphony celebrating the 100th birthday of Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g.<\/span><\/p>\n

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 Dutch National Opera, the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, La Monnaie, and the Hungarian State Opera.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/span> Guest Conductor is housed at the Ritz-Carlton \u2013 Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n

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