The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has chosen Marc Albrecht as its next chief conductor.
Albrecht, 61, is from Hannover, where his father was GMD for 30 years. Marc lives mostly in Holland.
He succeeds the Hong Kong-born Elim Chan, who left a year earely to puruse a wider career.
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