Maestro move: Tokyo names Italian chief conductor, 29

Maestro move: Tokyo names Italian chief conductor, 29

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norman lebrecht

October 04, 2016

The Tokyo Philharmonic has made a surprise appointment of Andrea Battistoni as Chief Conductor, effective immediately.

Battistoni, born 1987 in Verona, has been working mostly with opera houses in Berlin, Dresden and Stockholm.

He first conducted a Nabucco with the Tokyo Phil in 2012 and the relationship has deepened.

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