After replacing Iván Fischer upon the maestro’s request in April 2019 with the prestigious Budapest Festival Orchestra, earning rave reviews and standing ovations in major cities and venues such as Budapest, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Paris and Luxembourg Philharmonies, Hungarian Gábor Káli positioned himself as one of the most promising young conductors.
In 2022/23, his expansive opera experience leads him to the prestigious Bayerische Staatsoper for The Bartered Bride, Semperoper Dresden (Magic Flute) and Graz Opera (Madame Butterfly). Other upcoming highlights establish him as a powerful leader of symphonic formations, with invitations to major orchestras such London Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Janáček Philharmonic.
He is regularly invited to guest-conduct major orchestras: Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Symphoniker, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic orchestras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra on tour, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Kammerorchester, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Slovak Philharmonic and Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra.