Conductor, Officier of the Légion d’honneur of France
Programming Director for the Lead foundation in Finland, former Director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, BBC Singers
Conductor, Professor of the Endowed Claudio Abbado Chair at the Salzburg Mozarteum University
Conductor and Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Artistic Director designate of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin