Simon Rattle

Sir

Simon Rattle

OM CBE
Sir; Simon Rattle; OM CBE
	Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006
Born	Simon Denis Rattle; 19 January 1955; 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 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. 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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