DAVID AFKHAM, first winner of the „Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award“ 2010, will lead the Easter Tour 2012 of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER, which is marking the 25th anniversary of the orchestra.

„It is truly wonderful for the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER as well as for all presenters of the Easter Tour 2012 to have DAVID AFKHAM - with whom the orchestra has a long-standing relationship - taking over after Ingo Metzmacher´s cancellation on short notice due to his shoulder injury.“ (Alexander Meraviglia-Crivelli, Secretary General of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER)