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Simon Rattle

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Also known as Sir Simon Denis Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle

British conductor (born 1955)

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  • Crescendo!

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Acting · Liverpool, England

Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. He is currently principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

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  • SIMON! The Joy of Conducting — Self2025
  • Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená Rudolfinum, Prague2025
  • Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2024 - Sir Simon Rattle — Dirigent2024
  • Simon Rattle conducts Schoenberg Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra2024
  • Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2022 - Highlights der Filmmusik — Dirigent2022
  • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos2021
  • Sir Simon Rattle at the BBC — Self2021
  • Anton Bruckner - A Giant in the Making — Self2020
  • Leoš Janáček – velký příběh 20. století — Self2020
  • This is Rattle2019

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Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British-German conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. He has been the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra since September 2017. In 2010, Rattle first guest-conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO). <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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Born
Simon Denis Rattle , ( 1955-01-19 ) 19 January 1955 (age 71) , Liverpool , England
Citizenship
United Kingdom Germany
Alma mater
Royal Academy of Music , London
Occupation
Conductor
Organizations
BPO LSO CBSO BRSO
Spouses
Elise Ross (1980–1995) Candace Allen (1996–2004) Magdalena Kožená (2008–present)

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Official website
www.simonrattle.com
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Rattle BPH-Rittershaus2- Wikipedia.jpg
Number of children
5
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Simon Rattle
date of birth
1955-01-19
name in native language
Simon Rattle
start of work period
1974-00-00
birth name
Simon Denis Rattle
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Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018, and music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2023. He has been chief conductor of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra since September 2023. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as one of the world's best living conductors.

Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in the mid-1990s. The Youth Orchestra is now under the auspices of charitable business Services for Education. He received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2001 at the Classic Brit Awards.

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