The concert is on march 7th at the teatro del Maggio musicale fiorentino in florence will be directed by Daniele Gatti instead of by Myung-Whun Chung. “Reasons of prudence and responsibility,” explains the theatre in a note, they have imposed on the master Chung to observe a period of isolation after a stay in Tokyo where he spent time for the first three performances of Carmen in concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. The departure from the japanese capital, to the teacher, it was suggested to carefully observe a period of ‘quarantine’ because Japan, and especially Tokyo, is one of the Countries at risk of contagion”.
Chung and his wife are doing well, it still explains, “but they feel the obligation to observe the 14 days required by the international community of the health to avoid the risk of the spread of the virus”. “On the 25th of February, my wife and I returned from Japan, one of the Countries most strongly affected by the coronavirus – explained by the master in a message to the superintendent of the May Alexander Pereira -; for the people who come back from there, it is strongly recommended that an isolation of 14 days. The dates of Florence are right in the middle of this period, and then I will wait quietly the end of the observation period”. The theatre has thanked Daniele Gatti for having accepted the invitation to conduct the concert, and he has transmitted the affection of the florentine public to Chung.
Daniele Gatti returns to May after the concert last January 25, when he directed gustav Mahler-symphony no.6 in a minor Tragic. Myung-Whun Chung is expected soon to inaugurate the cycle of symphonic concerts of the 83esimo Festival of May, Saturday 29 April, as a sign mahleriano with the symphony no.3 in d minor for alto, female choir, children’s choir and orchestra. © Reproduction reserved
