A general view shows Berliner Philharmonie concert hall seat of the Berliner Philharmonic orchestra in...
A general view shows the Berliner Philharmonie concert hall seat of the Berliner Philharmonic orchestra in Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2015. The Berlin Philharmonic has picked Kirill Petrenko, general music director at the Bavarian State Opera, to become its next artistic director and chief conductor, according to German media reports. Petrenko, a 43-year-old Russian who emigrated to Austria with his family when he was a teenager, would succeed Briton Simon Rattle in 2018, becoming one of an elite group of directors to lead the Philharmonic, one of the world's leading orchestras. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch