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Gergely Madaras

Introduction

Fast gaining an international reputation as one of the most exciting young European conductors of his generation, Gergely Madaras was recently appointed as the first-ever recipient of the Charles Mackerras Fellowship of the English National Opera. His role combines working alongside Music Director Edward Gardner and assisting several productions a season. 2013/2014 marks his ENO debut, conducting a new Magic Flute production directed by Simon McBurney.

Future orchestral highlights will feature the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Vienna Symphony, Manchester Camerata, Sinfonia Cymru, Filarmonica 900 and MAV Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he makes his Lucerne Festival debut in a shared concert with Pierre Boulez, and will take part in a George Benjamin retrospective at the MiTo Settembre Musica Festival in Turin and Milan.

Highlights of the 2011/12 season included conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé Orchestra in public masterclasses, under the guidance of Mariss Jansons, Sir Colin Davis and Sir Mark Elder; as well as debuts with the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, MAV Symphony Orchestra and the Hezarfen Ensemble in Istanbul. 

In 2011 Gergely Madaras was one of three finalists at the 52nd Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors, and won the ARTE Live Web prize. Also in 2011, Madaras received the Junior Prima Prize, the most prestigious award in Hungary given every year to outstanding young artists, as well as the Klassz Talent Award from the Hungarian Ministry of National Resources.

Madaras has also been exceptionally active on the international contemporary music scene with regular appearances at festivals such as the Wien Modern, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and Lucerne Festival Academy.

Born in 1984 in Budapest, Gergely Madaras began his musical education studying the flute, violin and composition. He holds masters degrees from the orchestral conducting faculty of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as well as from the flute faculty of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. 

For more information please go to Gergely's full biography, downloadable from this website.

 

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Repertoire

MAY 2012
 

Standard symphonic repertoire (written before 1950)
 

C P E BACH Flute Concerto in D minor
J S BACH 
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 and 4
Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Double Concerto in D minor
Suite No 2 in B minor
Piano Concerto in F minor 
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Romanian folk dances
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan Overture
Leonore Overture No 2
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7
Grosse Fuge (orchestral version)
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor 
BERG
Drei Orchesterstücke, Op 6
Piano Sonata (Transcription for Viola and Orchestra: Hoffman L)
BERLIOZ
Le Grande Ouverture du Roi Lear
Marche Hongroise
Symphonie Fantastique
BERNSTEIN
Candide – Overture
Symphonic Dances from the West Side Story
BLOCH
Tfile for Cello and Strings (J Bosso)
BORODIN
Polovtsian Dances (from the opera Prince Igor)
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and 4
Hungarian Dances, Nos 1, 2, 5 and 7
Piano Concerto No 1
Serenade No 1
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a 
BRUCH Kol Nidrei Op 47
BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos 6 and 7
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op 6/8
DEBUSSY
La Mer
Prelude á l’aprés-midi d’un faune
Nocturnes (Nuages, Fétes)
Sonata for Violoncello (J Bosso)
DVORÁK
Cello Concerto
Symphony No 9, E-minor “From the New World”
Slavonic Dances Op 46 and 72 (selection)
ELGAR
Serenade for Strings Op 20
Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op 47 
ERKEL Hunyadi Overture 
GOULD Funeral march of a Marionette 
GRIEG Holberg suite, Peer Gynt Suite No 1
HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 86, 101, 102 and 104
Horn Concerto in D major
Cello Concerto in C major, Hob VIIb:1
HÄNDEL Concerto for Harp, Water music (selection)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Caucasian Sketches 
IVES
Three places in New England
Symphony No 3 “The Camp Meeting”
LEHÁR Gold and Silver Waltz 
LISZT Les Préludes
MAHLER Symphony No 4, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
MARCELLO Oboe Concerto in C minor
MENDELSSOHN 
Overtures “The Hebrides” and “The Fair Melusina”
Violin Concerto in E minor
MERCADANTE Flute Concerto in E minor 
MILHAUD Le Boeuf sur le toit
MOZART
Adagio and Fugue
Ave verum corpus 
Concerto for Flute and Harp
Divertimenti
Eine kleine Nachtmusik 
Flute Concerto in G 
Flute Concerto in D 
Overture to The Magic Flute
Piano Concerti in A (K 488) and G (K 453)
Serenade in B flat major (Gran Partita)
Symphony No 35 "Haffner"
Symphony No 36 "Linz"
Symphony No 38 "Prague"
Symphony No 40 "The Great” (G-minor)
Symphony No 41 "Jupiter"
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a
NIELSEN Symphony No 2
POULENC Organ Concerto 
PROKOFIEV 
Piano Concerto No 2
Symphony No 1 (Classical) and No 5
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3, Symphonic Dances
RAVEL Bolero, Le Tombeau de Couperin
ROSSINI 
Overtures "La Gazza Ladra", "William Tell" and "The Barber of
Seville"
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No 2
SCHÖNBERG
Five pieces for orchestra Op 16
Variations for Orchestra Op 31
SCHUBERT
Symphonies Nos 3, 5, 7 (Unfinished) and 8 (The Great)
Rosamunde Entr’acte and Ballet Music
Rondo in A major, D 438
Arpeggione Sonata (Transcription for Cello and Orchestra)
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto, Symphonies Nos 1 and 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No 1, Symphony No 5
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
Tapiola Op 112
Karelia Suite Op 11
Symphony No 1
SMETANA Má vlast – Vltava
J STRAUSS
The Fledermaus Overture
An der schönen, blauen Donau
Annen polka
Rosen aus dem Süden
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Kaiser Waltz
Unter Donner und Blitz
Radetzky March
R STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration, Don Juan
STRAVINSKY
Dumbarton Oaks
Histoire du Soldat
In memoriam Dylan Thomas
Le chant du Rossignol
Le Sacre du Printemps 
Pulcinella-Suite
Petroushka (1947)
Renard
Symphony in Three Movements
The Firebird – complete ballet (1910)
The Firebird Suite (1919)
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos 5 and 6
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin 
Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)
Serenade for Strings
Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33
TELEMANN
Suite in A minor for flute and orchestra
Viola Concerto in G major TWV 51:G9
VILLA-LOBOS Fantasia (Saxophone Concerto)
VIVALDI Le Quattro Stagioni, Concerti Grossi, Gloria 
WAGNER 
Overture to Meistersinger
Preulde and Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde" 
WEBER Clarinet Concerto in F minor, Concertino for Clarinet 
WEBERN Symphonie Op 21, Variations Op 30
WEBERN-BACH Ricercata (Fuga) 
WEINER Divertimento
 

Opera and oratorio
 

BARBER Vanessa 
BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem 
BRITTEN Albert Herring 
MITTERER Play Zero
 

List of works written after 1950
 

ADAMS Short ride in a fast machine, Tromba Lontana
ANDRIESSEN Variations and fugue on a theme by Johann Kuhnau
ATTERBERG Double Concerto Op 57 (Swiss premiere)
BARBER Piano Concerto Op 38
BELLA Berzsián és Dideki (Premiere), Chuang Tzu's Dream
BOSSO Moshee (Premiere) 
BOULEZ 
Memoriale (…Explosante-Fixe...Originel)
Dérive 2
Pli selon pli (Don, Tombeau)
BRITTEN Suite on English folk tunes Op 90
BROSIN Reciprocal Sightings (Premiere)
CHAPELA Ínguesu
CSER D’arab (Premiere)
DALBAVIE Concertante il Suono
DOOLEY Pomo Canyon Air for Orchestra
DUFEK Grosse Musik (Premiere)
GRIME Clarinet Concerto (Premiere)
GRYLLUS
La chef d'œuvre inconnu (Hungarian premiere)
“()”
... are travelling on the train 
HELLAWELL Sound carvings from the water’s edge
HORVÁTH 
Violin Concerto “Kötéltánc” (Premiere)
Elegy (Premiere)
JACKSON Reunion (Premiere)
JARRELL …Ombres… (Premiere)
KÁKONYI Mass 
KOCSÁR Capricorn Concerto 
LANGER Rain-Bows
MATKÓ Once you told me not to… (Premiere)
MATUZ Scarmentado utazásainak története (Premiere)
MEDENCZI Concertino (Premiere)
MESKÓ Flauto Concerto
MESSIAEN Chronochromie, Un Sourire
MORGAN-WILLIAMS After every fourth or fifth question (Premiere)  
NÓGRÁDI Canzonetta (Premiere)
NYITRAI Fényjáték (Premiere)
ODEH-TAMIMI Ahinnu II, Anin, Philaki
PARKER Moiré
RUTH-RICHARDS Image (Premiere)
SISKA Concerto (Premiere)
SOLTI 
Nocturne (Premiere)
Animal Tales (chamber opera) (Premiere recording)
STANLEY Palimpsest (Premiere)
STOCKHAUSEN 
Stop (Austrian premiere)
Kontra-Punkte
Punkte
Fünf Sternzeichen
Fünf weitere Sternzeichen
SUDZILOVSKY Harmonia Caelestis (Premiere)
SZTOJANOV 
Das Cherubinische Wandersmann (Premiere)
Dialógusok az agyamból (Premiere)
3 novella Michael Ende ötletei nyomán (Premiere)
VARGA ...sweeter than roses... (Premiere)
WANG Siren Song
WARD Fumes (Premiere)
WARLOCK Capriol-Suite
WOLFSON Gedanken aus dem Tagebuch (Premiere)
ZARÁNDY
Sextet, Sirató (Premiere)
Sír a tó (Premiere)
Recuerdo (Premiere)
ZIMMERMANN Photoptosis

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Schedule

The Hermitage Theatre , St. Petersburg

Musical Olympus Festival


HERMITAGE ORCHESTRA / VICTOR JULIEN-LAFERRIER (CELLO) / ELIZA NETZER (HARP) / NATHALIE MITTELBACH (MEZZO)

Programme

SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et danse profane for Harp and Orchestra
GLUCK Aria of Orfeo from Orfeo ed Euridice (Amour viens render)  
ROSSINI Aria of Tancredi from Tancredi (O patria - Di tanti palpiti (Tancredi) HANDEL Aria of Serse from Serse (Crude furie ) 
BIZET Aria of Carmen form Carmen (Habanera) 
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 4

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ENO PRESS RELEASE

April 2012

ENO Announces Recipient of the Inaugural ENO Charles Mackerras Fellowship – Gergely Madaras

ENO is pleased to announce young conductor Gergely Madaras as the inaugural recipient of the ENO Charles Mackerras Fellowship. This award to an exceptional emerging conducting talent is an initiative of ENO, in association with the Philip Loubser Foundation, and celebrates the great legacy of Sir Charles Mackerras.

Fast gaining an international reputation as one of the most exciting young European conductors of his generation, Gergely Madaras is currently completing his tenure as the Leverhulme Junior Fellow in conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is resident conductor of the Grazioso Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, and serves as assistant conductor to Pierre Boulez and the Lucerne Festival Academy, as well as to Sir Mark Elder and the Aldeburgh World Orchestra. Madaras has been a conducting fellow at Tanglewood, Aspen and Lucerne. He worked alongside and studied with conductors such as James Levine, Pierre Boulez, Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Mark Elder and David Zinman. His guest conducting engagements led him to work with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic and Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne among others.

As the first ENO Charles Mackerras Fellow, Madaras has the unique opportunity to learn, work and develop through a structured two year programme, receiving mentoring from ENO’s Music Director Edward Gardner with the opportunity to assist him in his ENO work, prestigious guest conducting and recording engagements.

Madaras said, ‘I am delighted to have this opportunity to be part of the world-class team at ENO, under the guidance of Edward Gardner, a key figure in the international opera scene. To be granted this unique chance to assist a conductor leading his company is a great privilege and I look forward to benefiting from his guidance during my time at ENO.’

ENO worked with colleagues including other leading Music Directors and conservatoires to create a long list of potential candidates for the Fellowship. A selection panel then led an interview and audition process, involving singers and the ENO Orchestra. On the panel were Ed Gardner, ENO Music Director (chair) Martin Fitzpatrick, ENO Head of Music, Paul Hughes, General Manager BBC Symphony Orchestra, Valerie Masterson, singer and Gonzalo Acosta, ENO Associate Leader.

ENO Music Director Edward Gardner said, ‘When we met Gergely and saw him conduct the orchestra and the singers, it was clear to the whole panel and orchestra that we had found a real talent. His dynamic, assured style, and empathy for the musicians he works with is a pleasure to watch and I and everyone at ENO look forward to his development with us.’

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BRITTEN

Albert Herring

RNCM Opera, Manchester
"In his debut conducting of Albert Herring, Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras greatly impressed with his reading of Britten’s delightful chamber opera score. Madaras clearly knows the piece, and his control over his performers was admirable. He carefully supported each and every member of his team, whether the thirteen singers on stage or the twelve-piece instrumental ensemble in the orchestra pit. Madaras demonstrated admirable skills which enabled him to elicit the lyrical as well as dramatic sections of the score. The Threnody for nine solo singers (and orchestra) towards the end of the opera was deeply moving, while Madaras kept the momentum going even during the orchestral interludes…” Agnes Kory, Opera World

Mariss Jansons/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Masterclass

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
"...Madaras beats professionally, communicating visually and very directly with the orchestra..."  [translation from Dutch]  Volkskrant
"...Hungarian Gergely Madaras (1984) is the more experienced. In front of 900 visitors, he makes the second movement, Un Bal, float through the concert hall. With confidence, he instructs the orchestra: 'More crescendo, please'..." [translation from Dutch] Parool