Sir Simon Denis Rattle 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.

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Simon Rattle

British conductor (born 1955)

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Occupation: conductor, musician
Position held: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, music director, music director, music director
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: January 19, 1955
Website: http://www.simonrattle.com

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