Celebrity British conductor Simon Rattle, currently head of the London Symphony Orchestra, will be the next conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) from the 2023-2024 season, Radio reported on Monday. Bavarian broadcaster to which it is attached.
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Simon Rattle, born January 19, 1955 in Liverpool, first studied violin and piano.
In 1971, he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London, which he directed.
His masterful interpretation of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony is noticed by the important musical agent Martin Campbell-White, who decides to take him under his wing and give another dimension to his career.
The 80s revealed it to the general public and to critics.
Head of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, he is now recognized as the greatest English conductor of his generation.
In 1999, he succeeded Claudio Abbado at the head of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which since Herbert von Karajan has been considered the most prestigious in the world.
A true star of the baton, he achieved absolute worldwide recognition by conducting the London Symphony Orchestra on July 27, 2012 during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London.
Defender of contemporary music, he will brilliantly reinterpret the music from the film
Chariots of Fire
, composed by the divine Greek composer Vangelis.
An exceptional moment
As a tribute to the talent of Simon Rattle,
Le Figaro
presents
The Chariots of Fire
by Vangelis revisited by Simon Rattle for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, with the unmistakable
Mr Bean
as a guest star
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