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Sir Simon Rattle, one of the world's top conductors, talks to Michael Enright about what it was like to hear Mahler's 2nd Symphony at the age of 11, why it's essential to introduce audiences to ...

“Orchestras are like people,” said Sir Simon Rattle. “They’re the sonic embodiment of their community.” Rattle should know. The 61-year-old British conductor has lifted his baton in front of most of ...

Sir Simon is the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, and previously led the Berlin Philharmonic for 16 years. He has established himself as a conductor of world-class expertise in an ...

As the chief conductor and artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle holds one of the most prestigious and coveted jobs in the world of conducting. The English maestro, who joined the ...

When Sir Simon Rattle returns to Britain to pick up his baton in front of the London Symphony Orchestra, can he rely on finding a British concert hall fit for the world-beating music he hopes to make?

"I'm always thrilled to be back," says Sir Simon Rattle of the BBC Proms, to which he returns next month as head of what many consider to be the finest orchestra on the planet, the Berlin Philharmonic ...

On the morning after conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in two concerts at Carnegie Hall recently, Simon Rattle was in a car on the way to Boston and dialed up a reporter in California. “Oh, don’t ...

Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – a “dream team” for sure, but in truth it’s been a tumultuous 16-year partnership, and it’s soon to end. The concert they gave on Wednesday night, ...

As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production. By Joshua Barone Not everything was an artistic or audience success ...