Sir Simon Rattle is the new chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has to manage the balancing act – between a cautious programmatic reorientation and the fight for the longed-for concert hall in Munich's Werksviertel.
"The Konzerthaus must be realized as soon as possible", he says. "Munich and Berlin are so different. Sure, Berlin is harder and rougher. Munich has this extraordinary appreciation of beautiful things," says Rattle.