QUICK TAKES - Jan. 16, 2009
Joana Carneiro, who served as an assistant conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 2005 to the end of last season, will succeed Kent Nagano as music director of the Berkeley Symphony beginning with the 2009-10 season.
A native of Lisbon, she is the official guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Symphony in the Portuguese capital and previously served as assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and music director of the Los Angeles Debut Orchestra.
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