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Gergely Madaras appointed as Leverhulme Junior Fellow in Conducting

The RNCM is delighted to announce that Gergely Madaras has been awarded the two-year position of Leverhulme Junior Fellow in Conducting, commencing in September 2010. He is currently studying with Mark Stringer in the orchestral conducting faculty of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Gergely was one of 12 candidates who attended the live auditions, selected from an initial 93 applications. Three candidates made it through to the final round conducting the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, following four rounds featuring wind, opera, contemporary and chamber orchestra repertoire. Gergely will receive tuition from Sir Mark Elder, Clark Rundell, Mark Shanahan and visiting conductors, as well as conduct the RNCM Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and benefit from the RNCM’s strong links with the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata. 

Gergely was born in Budapest in 1984 and studied the flute, violin and composition before graduating in flute from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2009. In 2002 he founded the Budapest Youth Symphony Orchestra and was music director until 2005; and in 2004 he founded the IKZE Festival (Contemporary Music Festival of Young Composers) with Noemi Györi. He has conducted orchestras across Europe and in America, and in 2008 he was invited by the Wien Modern Festival to conduct the Austrian première of Stop (Paris version) by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

 
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Notes to editors
1.Previous RNCM Junior Fellows in Conducting include Baldur Brönnimann, Andre de Ridder (who spent three years as Young Conductor in Association with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra), Paul Mann (Principal Conductor Elect of the Odense Symphony Orchestra), Garry Walker (Principal Guest Conductor, Royal Scottish National Orchestra), Philippe Bach (winner of the 2006 Concurs International Jesus Lopez Combos at the Teatro Real in Madrid) Matthew Wood (Associate Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) and Ewa Strusińska (Assistant Conductor, Hallé Orchestra).
2. The Leverhulme Junior Fellowship in Conducting is part of the RNCM’s Junior Fellowship programme, generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust.