Editing Detroit Symphony Orchestra (section)

===Leonard Slatkin===
After a five-year search, the DSO announced on October 7, 2007, the appointment of [[Leonard Slatkin]] as its twelfth music director.<ref name=slatkin>{{cite news| last=Stryker| first=Mark| title=World-class maestro is heading to Detroit| work=Detroit Free Press| date=October 7, 2007| url=http://www.popmatters.com/article/world-class-maestro-heading-to-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra/| access-date=2014-05-08| publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> In February 2010, the orchestra announced the extension of Slatkin's contract as DSO music director through the 2012–2013 season. Slatkin took a salary reduction to help relieve the orchestra's financial difficulties.<ref name=extends>{{cite news| url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100211/ENT04/100211070/Slatkin-extends-contract-Detroit-Symphony-Orchestra-takes-pay-cut| title=Slatkin extends contract with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, takes pay cut| work=Detroit Free Press| first=Mark| last=Stryker| date=February 11, 2010| access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref>  In December 2014, the DSO announced an extension of Slatkin's contract as music director through the 2017–2018 season.<ref>{{cite news| title=DSO maestro Slatkin to step down in 2018| url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2015/12/03/dso-slatkin-plans-exit/76665336/| date=December 3, 2015| first=Mark| last=Stryker| newspaper=Detroit Free Press}}</ref>  With the 2018–2019 season, Slatkin took the title of music director laureate, the first former DSO music director to be granted that title.