Editing London Symphony Orchestra (section)

===1990s to the present===
The LSO visited Japan in 1990 with Bernstein and Tilson Thomas. The conductors and players took part in the inaugural Pacific Music Festival in [[Sapporo]], teaching and giving masterclasses for 123 young musicians from 18 countries.<ref>[http://www.pmf.or.jp/en/about/history/ "History and photos"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121219114653/http://www.pmf.or.jp/en/about/history/ |date=19 December 2012 }}, Pacific Music Festival. Retrieved 17 July 2012</ref> [[Colin Matthews]] was appointed as the orchestra's associate composer in 1991, and the following year Richard McNicol became LSO Discovery's first music [[wikt: animateur|animateur]].<ref name=lso80s/> Gillison secured increased funding from the Arts Council, the [[City of London Corporation]] and commercial sponsors, enabling the orchestra to set up a system of joint principals, attracting top musicians who could play in the LSO without having to give up their solo or chamber careers.<ref>Morrison, p. 211.</ref>

In 1993, the LSO again featured in a British television series, playing in ''Concerto!'' with Tilson Thomas and [[Dudley Moore]]. Among those appearing were [[Alicia de Larrocha]], [[James Galway]], [[Steven Isserlis]], [[Barry Douglas (musician)|Barry Douglas]], [[Richard Stoltzman]] and [[Kyoko Takezawa]].<ref name=eg>Greenfield, Edward. "Concert season", ''The Guardian'', 14 August 1993, p. 22</ref> The series received an [[Emmy Award]].<ref name=lso80s/> In 1994 the orchestra and the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC), resident at the Barbican Theatre, came under threat from a new managing director of the Barbican Centre, Baroness [[Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain|O'Cathain]], an economist with no cultural background. O'Cathain, described by Morrison as "a Thatcherite free marketeer", dismissed the LSO and RSC as "arty-farty types", and opposed public subsidy.<ref name=m219/> Such was the press and public reaction that she was obliged to seek a vote of confidence from the LSO and RSC; failing to gain it, she resigned, and was succeeded by [[John Tusa]], whom Morrison calls "steeped in culture." The danger that the concert hall would become a conference centre was averted.<ref name=m219>Morrison, pp. 219–220.</ref>

[[File:Sir Colin Davis.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sir Colin Davis]]
In 1995, Sir Colin Davis was appointed chief conductor. He had first conducted the LSO in 1959, and had been widely expected to succeed Monteux as principal conductor in 1964.<ref>Morrison, pp. 146–147</ref> Among the most conspicuous of Davis's projects with the orchestra was the LSO's most ambitious festival thus far, the "Berlioz Odyssey", in which all Berlioz's major works were given.<ref name=lso80s/> The festival continued into 2000. Many of the performances, including ''[[Les Troyens]]'', were recorded for the orchestra's new CD label, LSO Live, launched in 2000.<ref name=lso80s/><ref name=lso00s>[http://lso.co.uk/orchestra/history/chronology-alt/2000s "2000s and 2010s"], London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 26 January 2016</ref> ''Les Troyens'' won two [[Grammy]] awards.<ref name=lso00s/> Author [[Jilly Cooper]] spent time with the orchestra in the 1990s researching for her novel ''[[Appassionata (novel)|Appassionata]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=19 January 1996 |title=Sex and Chopin on the score for the symphonists |work=The Bookseller |pages=44}}</ref>''

In 2003, with backing from the banking firm UBS, the orchestra opened [[LSO St Luke's]], its music education centre, in a former church near the Barbican. The following year the orchestra celebrated its centenary, with a gala concert attended by the LSO's Patron, [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|the Queen]]. After serving as managing director for 21 years, Clive Gillinson left to become chief executive of [[Carnegie Hall]], New York. His successor was Kathryn McDowell.<ref name=lso00s/>

In 2006, [[Daniel Harding]] joined Michael Tilson Thomas as principal guest conductor.  At the end of 2006, Davis stood down as principal conductor and became president of the LSO in January 2007, its first since the death of Bernstein in 1990.  [[Valery Gergiev]] became principal conductor of the LSO on 1 January 2007.<ref name=lso00s/> In Gergiev's first season in charge a complete cycle of Mahler Symphonies was given, with the Barbican Hall sold out for every concert.<ref name=lso00s/> In 2009 Davis and the LSO celebrated 50 years of working together. In the same year the LSO took over from the Berlin Philharmonic as the resident orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, adding to a roster of international residences at venues including the [[Lincoln Center]] in New York, the [[Salle Pleyel]] in Paris and the [[Daytona Beach]] International Festival in Florida.<ref>[http://lso.co.uk/page/3139/Residencies "Residencies"], London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 22 July 2012</ref> In 2010 the LSO visited Poland and Abu Dhabi for the first time and made its first return to India since the 1964 world tour.<ref name=lso00s/> The orchestra played at the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]], conducted by [[Sir Simon Rattle]].<ref>Rayner Gordon. [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:DSTC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1405DE3A3B47B478&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=102CDD40F14C6BDA "Parachuting in, the Queen and 007"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 28 2012</ref>

In March 2015, the LSO simultaneously announced the departure of Gergiev as principal conductor at the end of 2015, and the appointment of [[Sir Simon Rattle]] as its music director from September 2017, with an initial contract of five years.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://lso.co.uk/more/news/392-sir-simon-rattle-appointed-music-director.html | title=Sir Simon Rattle appointed Music Director | publisher=London Symphony Orchestra | date=2015-03-03 | access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> In February 2016, the orchestra announced that beginning with the 2016–17 season [[Gianandrea Noseda]] would be titled "Principal Guest Conductor" (joining the orchestra's other Principal Guest Conductor, [[Daniel Harding]], who held that post 2006-2017), and that [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] would be titled "Conductor Laureate" and [[Andre Previn]] would be titled "Conductor Emeritus."<ref>Midgette, Anne. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2016/02/24/noseda-gets-new-assignment/?postshare=2201456320937644&tid=ss_fb "Incoming NSO music director Noseda gets new assignment"], ''The Washington Post'', 24 February 2016</ref>  In January 2021, the LSO announced an extension of Rattle's contract as music director until the end of the 2023 season, at which time he is scheduled to stand down from the LSO and subsequently to take the title of conductor emeritus for life.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://lso.co.uk/more/news/1625-sir-simon-rattle-announces-an-extension-of-his-contract-as-music-director-until-2023.html | title=Sir Simon Rattle announces an extension of his contract as Music Director until 2023 and accepts lifetime position of Conductor Emeritus thereafter | publisher=London Symphony Orchestra | date=2021-01-11 | access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

[[Sir Antonio Pappano]] first guest-conducted the LSO in 1996.  In March 2021, the LSO announced his appointment as its next chief conductor, effective in September 2024.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://lso.co.uk/more/news/1645-london-symphony-orchestra-appoints-sir-antonio-pappano-as-chief-conductor.html | title=London Symphony Orchestra appoints Sir Antonio Pappano as Chief Conductor | publisher=London Symphony Orchestra | date=2021-03-30 | access-date=2021-03-30}}</ref> In February 2022, [[Barbara Hannigan]] was announced as "Associate Artist" for three years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=London Symphony Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra names Barbara Hannigan as Associate Artist|url=https://lso.co.uk/more/news/1777-london-symphony-orchestra-names-barbara-hannigan-as-associate-artist.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=lso.co.uk}}</ref>