Music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège (Belgium) since September, 2011, the conductor Christian Arming will finish his second term in August, 2019. His successor will be Gergely Madaras, with an initial contract of three years.
The 33-year-old Hungarian Gergely Madaras is Music director of the Orchestra of Dijon-Bourgogne since 2013 and Principal Conductor of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra (Hungary) since 2014.