Conductor and pianist. Music Director of the European Union Youth Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Philharmonia Orchestra (London), NHK Symphony Orchestra (Japan) and Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Emeritus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (USA), former Music Director of the Teatro Real de Madrid
Principal Conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra (Denmark), former Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow)
Principal Conductor of the WDR Koln Symphony Orchestra (Germany), Laureate Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Founder and Artistic Director of the Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Founder and Artistic Director of the Tammisaari Festival (Finlande)
Independent Recording Producer. Senior Adviser, Head of Artistic Planning at the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra