[5] His 2012 recording of American violin concertos with German violinist Alexander_Gilman_(violin_musician) and the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra was awarded a Diapason d'Or.
He was Musical America's New Artist of the Month for October 2009,[6] and his mentors include Edo de Waart and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
He also worked with Gustavo Dudamel, John Adams, Lorin Maazel, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Herbert Blomstedt during his residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In 2012 he conducted the Royal Danish Theatre's New Year's Concert, and returns to Copenhagen for annual concerts at the Tivoli Festival; he led the Hong Kong Philharmonic with Lang Lang in an internationally televised celebration of the 15th Anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, and has made multiple appearances at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In 2016, he recorded Sergei Prokofiev's earliest ballet, Chout, and Germaine Tailleferre's Marchand d'Oiseaux with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales[7]