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Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor with German citizenship. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998).
Jun 5, 2024 · Simon Rattle (born January 19, 1955, Liverpool, England) is a British conductor well known for his performances of works by Gustav Mahler as well as by Arnold Schoenberg and other composers of the Second Viennese School.
Jan 11, 2021 · Sir Simon Rattle, one of the world's most renowned conductors, is leaving the London Symphony Orchestra to take up a new post in Germany. Sir Simon, who turns 66 next week, will become Chief...
With Sir Simon Rattle, then Artistic Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the musicians got themselves a leader who started off with the objective of forming the Philharmoniker into a “quintessentially European orchestra.”
Sir Simon Rattle was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He is Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Sir Simon Rattle is a renowned conductor who has been music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, and previously led the Berlin Philharmonic for 16 years. He has established himself as a conductor of world-class expertise in an unusually wide and open-minded repertory, from Haydn to contemporary composers.
After 16 years as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle is now leaving the orchestra. In our conversation, he looks back on a time that made him a Berliner and gave the Philharmoniker a new role in the community.
