Henrik Nánási

Born in Hungary, Henrik Nánási studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He was General Music Director of the Komische Oper Berlin (2012–17). He has worked with orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Fort Worth Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. For The Royal Opera he has conducted Turandot, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Salome, Simon Boccanegra and Jenůfa. Recent appearances include I vespri siciliani (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples), Tristan und Isolde (Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville), Rusalka (Bavarian State Opera), Carmen (Chicago), Tosca (Liceu, Barcelona), Falstaff (Komische Oper), Madama Butterfly (ABAO Olbe, Bilbao). Plans include La juive (Oper Frankfurt).