The National Symphony Orchestra officially welcomes Iván Fischer as its new principal guest conductor in a program with something for every music lover. The founder of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer is in demand worldwide as a guest conductor with major orchestras and opera companies. His acceptance of the NSO position promises to be a congenial and productive partnership.

Speaking from Amsterdam, he says, “I look forward to working with the National Symphony Orchestra. I have an excellent memory of the orchestra when I was a guest conductor in Washington and I welcome the continuity you get in such an arrangement.