Daniele Gatti

Daniele Gatti graduated as a composer and orchestra conductor at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. From August 2024, He takes up the position of Chief Conductor of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. He is currently Chief Conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Artistic Advisor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

He was Music Director of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and he previously held prestigious roles at important musical institutions like the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Royal Opera House of London, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Zurich’s Opernhaus and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

The Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala are just a few of the renowned symphonic institutions he works with.

In 2024/25 he opens the season of the Staatskapelle and leads several tours with the orchestra. Moreover he inaugurates the Vienna Philharmonic’s season at the Musikverein in Vienna in September, touring with them in major European cities. In summer 2025 he returns to the Bayreuth Festival for the new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
 

Daniele Gatti was awarded the Premio “Franco Abbiati” from Italian music critics as best conductor in 2015, in 2016 he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur from the French Republic for his work as Music Director of the Orchestre National de France and he was also awarded the Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic.

He has recorded for the Sony Classical, RCO Live and C Major labels.