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| Kirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle at the Berlin Philharmonic | |
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| Russian conductor Kirill Petrenko is to be unveiled as the next artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra on Monday, German media has reported. | Russian conductor Kirill Petrenko is to be unveiled as the next artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra on Monday, German media has reported. |
| Related: Berlin Philharmonic deadlocked over Simon Rattle’s successor | Related: Berlin Philharmonic deadlocked over Simon Rattle’s successor |
| Petrenko will take over from Sir Simon Rattle when the British conductor’s contract expires in 2018. | Petrenko will take over from Sir Simon Rattle when the British conductor’s contract expires in 2018. |
| The Berlin Philharmonic is to make the announcement in a hastily called press conference in the foyer of its famous concert hall, after the appointment was apparently leaked to Berlin state radio station RBB on Monday morning. | The Berlin Philharmonic is to make the announcement in a hastily called press conference in the foyer of its famous concert hall, after the appointment was apparently leaked to Berlin state radio station RBB on Monday morning. |
| Petrenko’s appointment comes six weeks after a fraught 11-hour session in which the 124 members of the orchestra failed to elect a new head conductor. The election became necessary after Rattle announced earlier this year that he would not be extending his contract after 16 years as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor. Rattle takes up a new role as the London Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director in September 2017. | Petrenko’s appointment comes six weeks after a fraught 11-hour session in which the 124 members of the orchestra failed to elect a new head conductor. The election became necessary after Rattle announced earlier this year that he would not be extending his contract after 16 years as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor. Rattle takes up a new role as the London Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director in September 2017. |
| Related: Conducting's next big question: who will bag the Berlin Phil? | Related: Conducting's next big question: who will bag the Berlin Phil? |
| The exclusive right of the Berlin Philharmonic’s musicians to elect their own head conductor is considered unique - neither the orchestra’s incumbent artistic director, the general director, nor the Berlin culture ministry can veto the decision. | The exclusive right of the Berlin Philharmonic’s musicians to elect their own head conductor is considered unique - neither the orchestra’s incumbent artistic director, the general director, nor the Berlin culture ministry can veto the decision. |
| Petrenko, who has been director of the Bavarian state opera since 2013, was born in 1972 in Omsk and emigrated to Austria in 1990. He is no stranger to the German capital, having been general music director at the Komische Oper in Berlin from 2002 to 2007. | Petrenko, who has been director of the Bavarian state opera since 2013, was born in 1972 in Omsk and emigrated to Austria in 1990. He is no stranger to the German capital, having been general music director at the Komische Oper in Berlin from 2002 to 2007. |
| He has worked with the Berlin Philharmonic as a guest conductor in 2006, 2009 and 2012. | He has worked with the Berlin Philharmonic as a guest conductor in 2006, 2009 and 2012. |