PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh Symphony to hire 3 to fill job of music director

Additional duties have caused the job to grow, orchestra officials said.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has selected three conductors to take the place of departed music director Mariss Jansons.
The orchestra will hire Andrew Davis as artistic adviser, with Yan Pascal Tortelier serving as principal guest conductor and Marek Janowski filling an endowed chair as guest conductor, said board member Thomas Todd, chairman of the search committee.
Their appointment was announced this week by orchestra officials, who said they settled on a trio to replace Jansons because the job has grown to include community relations and fund raising.
"We reached the conclusion that no candidate who met the criteria would also have the time available in this day and age to do all the things we require," Todd said. "It became clear to us that this team model -- a model for the 21st century -- will provide more flexibility, more variety, inclusiveness and creativity for our orchestra."
Jansons left the Pittsburgh orchestra in May after seven years to become principal conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in The Netherlands. Jansons is also continuing to serve as music director of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
The three men hired to replace him were given appointments that will run through the 2006-07 season. The trio will conduct at least nine concerts each season, with five led by Davis.
If the three-man experiment works, the Pittsburgh Symphony may not return to a single music director, symphony President Larry Tamburri said.