However, Jackson resigned recently from her directorship at KeyCorp.
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL James Conlon is a Francophile (after years as music director of the Paris Opera), a specialist in choral music (after even more years heading the Cincinnati May Festival) and a conductor in the headlines after his recent accession to the music directorship of the Ravinia Festival and future accession to the same post at the Los Angeles Opera in 2006.
But if full-bore choral music is what you need, the label's house expert is the conductor Paul Hillier, who has recently taken over the directorship of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, a virtuoso ensemble that has made key contributions to the recent revival of Baltic music.
Nelsons, in his late thirties, is young to hold the directorship of a major symphony orchestra.
Meanwhile, bucking the trend toward youth, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra nabbed the eminent Riccardo Muti, 68, a towering maestro who had in recent years professed not to be interested in taking on a music directorship and declined an invitation from the New York Philharmonic.
He also serves, or has served, on the board of numerous local and global companies including until its recent acquisition by News Corp Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal.This directorship led to his costly brush with the SEC.
While Philip Dodd's directorship provided financial stability, and some bright new initiatives for cultural entrepreneurs, its recent record as a centre for new art and theatre has not been as impressive.
From working on many of the deals that have helped to make him a billionaire, to guiding him through a number of recent court cases, Woodward-Hill is clearly an extremely savvy operator, currently holding 19 directorships in various F1 companies.
The Philharmonic board's decision not to extend Mr. Masur's directorship beyond 2002 has caused tensions that he has done little to hide in recent seasons.
Mr. Schwarz, who is also music director of the Seattle Symphony and is about to end his tenure with the New York Chamber Symphony as he takes up the directorship of the Liverpool Philharmonic, has let his involvement with Mostly Mozart dwindle in recent seasons.
