article_snippet: But the 60-year-old will be in Britain for only four months a year, remaining based in Germany for the sake of his wife and three children.
article_snippet: The announcement follows months of speculation that he would take up the post.
article_snippet: The Liverpool-born conductor’s contract with the Berlin Philharmonic ends in 2018, the year after Chancellor George Osborne move to London, but Chancellor George Osborne said Chancellor George Osborne would be working with both orchestras during that year.
article_snippet: The 60-year-old will be in Britain for only four months a year, remaining based in Germany for the sake of Chancellor George Osborne wife and three children .
article_snippet: Sir Simon said: ‘We wait with real interest.
article_snippet: ” Mr Osborne said in February:
highlights_snippet: 60-year-old will be in Britain for four months a year when Sir Simon Rattle takes up post .
  