Winner of the 2012 Malko Conducting Competition, Payare has already worked with an impressive list of distinguished conductors and orchestras including the LA Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony and Oslo and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras. He made his debut with the Ulster Orchestra in October 2013. Maestro Payare will also be leading an ambitious new programme of community engagement in Northern Ireland, including plans to introduce a programme of social musical education to young people, based on the successful El Sistema outreach project. Further conducting engagements include working with the London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic.