DANIELE GATTI will conduct the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER for the second time after 1998. The Italian conductor held many important positions during his career: he was music director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome as well as principal guest conductor of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London. Since 2008, he is music director of the Orchestre National de France, and since 2009 he is principal conductor of the Zurich Opera House. DANIELE GATTI is conductor laureate of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. There is a strong bond to the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as well as to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. DANIELE GATTI is a well sought-after interpreter of Wagner: he conducted Parsifal in Bayreuth four times already.

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David Afkham, first winner of the „Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award“ 2010, will lead the Easter Tour 2012 of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER, which is marking the 25th anniversary of the orchestra.
DAVID AFKHAM is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most sought after conductors of our times, and Bernard Haitink has been his mentor for a long time. Recently he has been conducting renowned orchestras, such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the DSO Berlin, Orchestre National de France, Spanish National Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg or the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The GMJO's Easter Tour is focussing on the importance of Richard Wagner’s oeuvre for some of the pivotal compositions of the 20th century.

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