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 (2012–2017). 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, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Fort Worth Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Sinfonia Varsovia.

For The Royal Opera he has conducted Turandot, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Salome, Simon Boccanegra and Jenůfa and Der fliegende Holländer. His 2024/25 Season engagements include  Don Carlo at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples,  Rigoletto at Hamburg State Opera, his Théâtre des Champs-Élysées debut with a new production of Der Rosenkavalier, and his La traviata conducting debut at Teatro Real, Madrid.