The Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, new chief of the Staatskapelle Dresden, has taken another job as ‘artistic partner’ of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The announcement has yet to be made.
HK Phil lacks a music director at present, following the departure of Jaap Van Zweden.
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