Simon Rattle Appointed Music Director of London Symphony Orchestra — billboard.com

Conductor Simon Rattle is swapping a podium in Berlin for one in Britain, taking over as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. The LSO announced Tuesday that Rattle, who has led the Berlin Philharmonic since 2002, will join the London ensemble in September 2017. Liverpool-born Rattle, one of the world's most acclaimed conductors, said he was thrilled to be "coming home" to the LSO, whose principal conductors have included Edward Elgar, Andre Previn and current chief Valery Gergiev.

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