Ryan McAdams is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting and versatile conductors of his generation. He made a highly successful subscription European debut with the orchestra of the Maggio Musicale in Florence, where he has since returned regularly. His Eastern European debut was made with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Julian Rachlin, and Mischa Maisky. His subscription debut with the Israel Philharmonic was hailed as "extraordinary," "masterful," and "immense[ly] dramatic" by the Jerusalem Post; a live recording of the concert was released by the IPO on the Helicon Classics label. He has returned to the Israel Philharmonic twice since, most recently in a series of performances featuring cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Orff's Carmina Burana. A Fulbright scholar, he previously served as Apprentice Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, assisting then-Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert. Mr. McAdams is the first-ever recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Emerging Conductor Award. 

This season, Maestro McAdams continues performances of The Second Violinist with Wide Open Opera in Dublin and Galway, Ireland. For American Opera Projects, he conducts Ray Lustig and Matt Gray’s Semmelweis, and with the National Symphony Orchestra he conducts the musical score to the film Selma. He debuts with the Moscow State Philharmonic for a concert of arias by Meyerbeer, Gounod, and Verdi, will lead the Phoenix Symphony in an all-Gershwin program, returns to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for Carmen, and conducts works of Bach, Ginastera, Stravinsky, and Piazzolla with the Orchestra della Toscana.