Concertgebouw orchestra conductor accused of sexual assault

Conductor-in-Chief of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti is charged with assault in the US newspaper The Washington Post . In two cases, before his stay in Amsterdam, he allegedly touched and inadvertently kissed female musicians.

The allegations made to Gatti, of international renown, are part of a broader investigation of The Washington Post . # MeToo scandals in the world of classical music. In the article, American soprano Alicia Berneche tells that Gatti has grabbed her buttocks in a Chicago locker room and "pushed her tongue into her mouth". That happened in 1996. Berneche was then 24, Gatti 34. The German soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet speaks of a similar incident in Bologna in 2000.

Surprised

In a reaction in The Washington Post ] tells Gatti to be surprised by the accusations. "Whenever I approached anyone, I did it with the full conviction that the interest was mutual.The facts mentioned took place a long time ago. I hurt someone, I apologize. "The Concertgebouw Orchestra spokesman was not available to comment on Thursday despite several calls from NRC

The Washington Post has spoken the history of research for a period of six months with more than fifty musicians.The Italian Gatti (1961) is chief of staff. orchestra of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2016. In the spring of 2019, a tour of the music company is planned by the United States.