Since 2013 Lawrence Foster has held the position of Music Director of l'Opéra de Marseille and l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, with which he toured in the summer of 2014 and conducted at the Kissinger Sommer and in China. Highlights of the 2014/15 season included engagements as guest conductor with l’Orchestre National de Lyon, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Beijing Music Festival, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and the MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig. He was appointed Conductor Laureate of the Gulbenkian Orchestra following a ten-year tenure as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. Over the past ten years, he and the orchestra toured extensively with appearances at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest and the Kissinger Sommer Festival, among others. His discography with the Orchestra includes a number of recordings for PentaTone Classics, notably a CD of violin works by Bruch, Chausson and Korngold, and a CD featuring Bartok’s Two Portraits, Ligeti’s Romanian Concerto, Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta and Hary Janos Suite. He previously held Music Directorships with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Jerusalem Symphony, Houston Symphony, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Lawrence Foster has conducted in major opera houses throughout the world. Opera engagements in season 2014/15 season included La Traviata at the Savonlinna Opera Festival as well as opera productions of The Flying Dutchman and Falstaff in Marseille.
