Daniel Harding: British conductor named LA Philharmonic’s music director – and keeps part-time pilot job

Sir John Barbirolli, Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Goossens led US orchestras in the first half of the 20th Century, Hungarian-British Sir Georg Solti was at the helm of the Chicago Symphony from 1969 to 1991, and Sir Neville Marriner ran the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra in the 1970s and 80s.