Exactly two years after being appointed Chief Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, I want to reflect on the short but intense journey  I have undertaken with this orchestra, and on the artistic,

I’m about to spend a whole month immersed in rehearsals and orchestral concerts which will take me to prestigious auditoriums and three countries which I love immensely: Austria, the Basque Country and Hungary.

Exactly twenty years after my first and only Ballo in maschera (at the Opéra de Montpellier), I’m once again taking on this enigmatic masterpiece by Verdi: opera and I have both changed considerably over the years,

My new year with opera starts on 6th January at the Teatro Real in Madrid for one of The three Queens concerts, with a programme that combines the finales of the so-called Tudor trilogy.