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Daily News… MUNICH PHILHARMONIC NAMES RUSSIAN STAR AS NEW CHIEF Charismatic Russian maestro Valery Gergiev will take over as chief conductor of the prestigious Munich Philharmonic from 2015, local officials announced on Wednesday. Gergiev, 59, will replace Lorin Maazel as the orchestra’s chief when Maazel’s contract expires in 2015, the city council said in a statement. The Moscow-born maestro, currently chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and long-time director of the legendary Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, will initially be appointed for a term of five years until 2020. «Valery Gergiev is without doubt one of the most important, influential and inspirational conductors of our time,» said Munich’s culture minister Hans-Georg Kueppers. «His youthful energy and enthusiasm will not only benefit the orchestra. His ability and charisma will also shape audiences of all different age groups and Munich’s musical life,» Kueppers said. The appointment, voted through by a majority by Munich’s city council on Wednesday, had been decided in consultation with the orchestra, which is one Germany’s top ensembles, he added. «The Munich Philharmonic is a fantastic orchestra with a great tradition,» Gergiev was quoted as saying in the statement. «We know each other very well. I’m happy that we can intensify our artistic collaboration.» Gergiev is one of the busiest conductors working today. He has headed the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg for 20 years and been chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2007. He is also chief conductor of the World Orchestra for Peace, an initiative set up in 1995 by legendary maestro Georg Solti. The classical music scene has been abuzz with speculation recently that Gergiev was to take the Munich position after the LSO in London announced last week that he would not be renewing his contract with them after the end of 2015.
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International News… CAR TO ‘HELP DRIVER SLEEP’ The Chinese army is developing an unmanned road vehicle, that could be put to civilian use to reduce fatigue at the wheel and allow drivers to «sleep in peace». The Fierce Lion 3 is fitted with a sophisticated computer which can track nearby traffic, along with radar, video cameras and satellite navigation, enabling it to overtake and make other manoeuvres safely. The car -- which looks like a standard sports utility vehicle, with cameras added -- completed a 114 kilometre (71 mile) test drive in 85 minutes, reaching speeds of 105 kph.
MAN’S BEST FRIEND A genetic switch allowed dogs to adapt to a starch-rich diet and evolve from meatmunching wolves into Man’s leftover-loving best friend, scientists said. Comparing the genetic code of the domestic dog to that of its wolf cousins, a team of researchers from Sweden, Norway and the United States found several telling differences. «Our findings show that the digestive system of dogs have adapted to be able to live on a diet similar to ours,» co-author Erik Axelsson from Uppsala University in Sweden told AFP of the study published in the journal Nature.
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