2014

Jan 1, 2014

Conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in two programs (“Circles of Influence: Pierre Boulez & George Benjamin”) as part of the New York Philharmonic’s first NY Phil Biennial. Premieres include Holliger, Ostinato Funebre (U.S. Premiere); Manoury, Strange Ritual (U.S. Premiere); Dalbavie, Concertino (1994) (U.S. Premiere), Wigglesworth, A First Book of Inventions (U.S. Premiere); Matthew, Night Rides (U.S. Premiere); Benjamin, Octet (New York Premiere); Grime, Luna (New York Premiere)
Benjamin, Upon Silence (New York Premiere); Schumman Concerto tour with the Freiburger Barockorchester and Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov; joins Ayuda en Acción to support charity and development work in Spain and throughout the world; featured on the cover of Classical Music Magazine; profiled in Wall Street Journal’s “Cultural Conversation”

Debuts

New York Philharmonic
London Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Dutch National Opera

Honors

Named one of El País Semanal’s “100 most influential people” of 2013

Operatic Projects

Leads Simon McBurney’s production of “Magic Flute” with the Freiburger Barockorchester at Festival d’Aix en Provence
Debut at the Dutch National Opera conducting Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo staged by Sasha Waltz (September 2014)

Recording Projects

Harmonia Mundi releases Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 “Lobgesang” with the Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Deutsche Grammophon’s Archiv Produktion releases “Farinelli” with Concerto Köln and Bejun Mehta