Capping a four-year search, the Philadelphia Orchestra has tapped Yannick Nézet-Séguin as its next music director, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes.

The 35-year-old Canadian, considered a leader in the new generation of conductors that includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic phenomenon Gustavo Dudamel, will take the post in 2012. He replaces Charles Dutoit, who held the title of chief conductor but was never formally made music director.

In other arts news, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are teaming up for a competition to find and showcase the most creative Web videos, Reuters writes.

Also, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Marin Alsop, is tightening her ties to the ensemble and the area, moving her family east from her principal residence in Denver, according to The Baltimore Sun. (Read a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about a new orchestra project, the BSO Academy.)

And Ernest Fleischmann, who is credited with transforming the Los Angeles Philharmonic into one of the nation’s top orchestras during nearly 30 years as its manager, died Sunday at age 85 after a long illness, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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