The Berlin Philharmonic's members cloistered in an undisclosed location Monday to elect their next chief conductor, one of the most prestigious jobs in the world of classical music. The orchestra's ...

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Philharmonic on Monday named Siberian-born Kirill Petrenko as its next chief conductor — one of the most prestigious jobs in the world of classical music. Petrenko, currently ...

On May 11, the classical music world will learn who is to be new chief conductor of the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic It's a bit like the papal election, but without the white smoke. On May 11, the ...

Kirill Petrenko thought about the challenge of leading the Berlin Philharmonic, perhaps the world’s greatest orchestra. “A hundred musicians have 100 opinions and 100 expectations — 100 different ...

Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the Berlin Philharmonic, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and bits of old ones by Schubert. By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone In three concerts at ...

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Philharmonic is giving itself up to a year to find a successor to chief conductor Simon Rattle after the orchestra deadlocked in a marathon vote to anoint a candidate. More ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2004 - United Archives GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Simon Rattle is perhaps Britain’s ...

The sound must still be vibrating somewhere in the rafters of Symphony Hall after Sunday’s blistering performance by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic. But the evening served up more than ...

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SALZBURG, Austria — There is so much being made about the mystique of Kirill Petrenko, the seemingly otherworldly 47-year-old conductor from Siberia who began his tenure as Berlin Philharmonic music ...

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