Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006
Born
Simon Denis Rattle
(1955-01-19) 19 January 1955 (age 69)
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)
Children
5
Sir Simon Denis RattleOM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor with German citizenship.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] He received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2001 at the Classic Brit Awards.
^"Conductor Simon Rattle receives Germany's highest honor". Associated Press. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^Pullinger, Mark (3 September 2015). "Chailly and the Berliner Philharmoniker: the critics' choice for World's Best Conductor and Orchestra". Bachtrack. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^"Welcome to the Music Service | Music Services". servicesforeducation.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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