A few days before his arrival in Aix-en-Provence, for the start of the stage rehearsals of
Tristan und Isolde directed
by Simon Stone at the International Festival of Lyric Art, the famous conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra confided in
Le Figaro.
.
The opportunity to come back with him on his long history with the festival, the situation of orchestras in Great Britain, torn between the health crisis and Brexit, as well as his departure for Munich in 2023, whose surprise announcement in January had caught everyone off guard.
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LE FIGARO.
- What does the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence represent for you?
Sir Simon RATTLE.
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A long love story.
I was lucky enough to come to the festival with the Birmingham Orchestra, then as Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and now with the London Symphony Orchestra.
So I have a very emotional relationship with the event, and more broadly with the city.
It's hard to explain, but at the festival there is an alchemy between
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