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(AP) - Edo de Waart, chief conductor and artistic
director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, was named Thursday as the
next music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. De Waart led the Minnesota Orchestra from 1986 to 1995.

      He will succeed Andreas Delfs, who has announced his intention
to leave after the 2008-2009 season.

      De Waart is to serve as music director designate during the
2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, making his Milwaukee Symphony
subscription concert debut in April. He will conduct a minimum of
12 weeks each season starting with 2009-2010 and will have
responsibility for the orchestra's artistic profile.


      The Hong Kong Philharmonic recently extended de Waart's contract
through 2012. He has also been named chief conductor of the Santa
Fe Opera.

      De Waart is a native of Amsterdam, Netherlands. His wife,
mezzo-soprano Rebecca Dopp, grew up in Middleton, near Madison.

      He led the San Francisco Symphony from 1977 to 1985 and the
Minnesota Orchestra from 1986 to 1995. He has been music director
and conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic in the Netherlands, and
gained fame as conductor of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble.
      

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Edo de Waart, who led the Minnesota Orchestra from 1986-1995, was named Thursday as the
next music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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