| 2011 |
Named a Fellow of the Aspen Institute |
| 2011 |
Named Music Director Designate of the Aspen Music Festival and School |
| 2011 |
Receives Honorary Doctorate from Emory University |
| 2010 |
Receives Honorary Doctorate from Oberlin |
| 2010 |
Named Distinguished Artist in Residence at Emory University - an honor previously bestowed upon the Dalai Lama, Salman Rushdie and Jimmy Carter |
| 2010-11 |
Celebrates ten years as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with ten world premiere fanfares |
| 2010 |
Leads world premiere of Jennifer Higdon's On a Wire with Eighth Blackbird and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 2010 |
Leads 20th Anniversary Choral Conducting Workshop for Carnegie Hall |
| 2009 |
Conducts acclaimed performance of Stravinsky's The Nightengale in Carnegie Hall |
| 2009 |
Receives Columbia University's Ditson Award |
| 2009 |
Conducts second Ring Cycle for Seattle Opera |
| 2008 |
Opens Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia |
| 2007 |
Receives Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar |
| 2000 |
Starts The Atlanta School of Composers |
| 2008 |
Named Musical America's Conductor of the Year |
| 2007 |
Records "La Boheme" live with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 2007 |
Opens Edinburgh Festival with BBC Scottish |
| 2007 |
London Proms Debut with BBC Scottish |
| 2006 |
Music Director of the Ojai Festival |
| 2006 |
February/March Conducts the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall; the Atlanta Symphony in Carnegie Hall; and the Atlanta Symphony for Great Performer's at Lincoln Center within a two week period. |
| 2005 |
Conducts his first Ring cycle, Seattle |
| 2001 to present |
Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| 1996 to 2004 |
Music Director, Brooklyn Philharmonic |
| 2005 (Telarc) |
Grammy Award for Berlioz Requiem "Best Choral Performance" |
| 2003 and 2004 |
Director, Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood |
| 1998 to 2002 |
Head of the Conducting Fellowship Program at the Tanglewood Music Center. |
| 2003 (Telarc) |
Grammy Award for Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony "Best Classical Album" and "Best Choral Performance" |
| 2003 |
April debut at the New York Philharmonic |
| 2001 |
January debut with Seattle Opera (Billy Budd) |
| 1999 |
January debut with Czech Philharmonic |
| 1998 |
May debut with Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala |
| 1997 |
February debut at Welsh National Opera (Carmen) |
| 1996 |
November debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| 1995 |
May debut at Royal Opera Covent Garden (Billy Budd) |
| 1993 |
November debut with Cleveland Orchestra |
| 1991 |
November debut with Philadelphia Orchestra |
| 1991 |
February debut with Boston Symphony |
