Hot on the thumbs of Van Cliburn winnner Aristo Sham, Hong Kong conductor Wilson Ng has landed a global management deal with Ibermusica in Madrid.
Ng, 35, is fellow conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and assistant conductorship of the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in the Netherlands.
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