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Daniele Gatti conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam (archive image)
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The Dresden Staatskapelle wants to make an Italian their boss again.
After Giuseppe Sinopoli and Fabio Luisi, Daniele Gatti would be the third person to lead the orchestra recently.
The orchestra elected Daniele Gatti as the new chief conductor of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch (CDU) has now been asked to start negotiations with Gatti, the Staatskapelle announced.
Christian Thielemann's contract as chief conductor was not extended in May 2021 and ends in July 2024.
According to the orchestra board, the 60-year-old Gatti could be one of the most renowned conductors of our time for the Staatskapelle.
»His sensitive feeling for the special sound of the Staatskapelle, his gripping musical visions and last but not least his international reputation have made him the orchestra’s preferred candidate.«
With Gatti, the musicians have chosen an artist as their future chief conductor, "who, due to his enormous musical experience and his joy in a diverse repertoire, will set decisive accents in opera and concerts both in Dresden and on international stages," emphasized Nora Schmid, designated artistic director of the Semperoper.
Gatti made his debut in Dresden in 2000.
Since then he has repeatedly worked with the Staatskapelle.
Gatti studied in his hometown of Milan.
He is currently music director of the Orchestra Mozart, artistic advisor to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and chief conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
He works regularly with well-known orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In August 2018, Gatti was dismissed as chief conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra after allegations of sexual harassment.
Several musicians had complained about "inappropriate behavior on the part of the chief conductor".
Gatti firmly denied the allegations.
feb/dpa
