Discover Music with Simon Rattle
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A conductor's mind must be like a six-lane highway. What if you could take a look inside? In a new video series, Discover Music with Simon Rattle, the Chief Conductor of the BRSO offers insights into selected works and his rehearsal process. Filmed in the BRSO Container in Munich’s Werksviertel-Mitte, each episode shows rehearsal footage and Rattle’s personal commentary.
Simon! The joy of conducting
World premiere of the new Rattle documentary at DOK.fest Munich
On Friday, 16 May 2025, a new film about Simon Rattle will celebrate its premiere at DOK.fest München! In numerous interviews – including with John Carewe, Daniel Harding and Karina Canellakis – and great rehearsal and concert footage, filmmaker Benedikt Schulte creates a lively and multi-layered portrait of Simon Rattle – as an artist and tireless supporter of young talent. The film will be shown at the DOK.fest on 16 and 18 May. From 12 June it can also be seen in the ARD Mediathek.
Concerts in May and June
Tickets are now available for the following concerts:
- Simon Rattle conducts Boulez, Poulenc and Ravel at the Isarphilharmonie on 29 & 30 May
- WATCH THIS SPACE with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and musicians from the BRSO on 4 June
- Alan Gilbert & Alisa Weilerstein will perform works by Sibelius and Larcher on 5 & 6 June.
- Igor Levit plays Busoni's piano concerto under the direction of Antonio Pappano in three concerts on 19/20/21 June.
Ticket Hotline
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80335 Munich
Online ticket presale via the BRticket-Webshop:
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BRSO memo game
With the new BRSO online memo game you can get to know the BRSO and its instruments even better. Show how well you know your way around the world of orchestral instruments at different levels of difficulty. There are exciting things to discover and, of course, to hear – together with Sir Simon!
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The BRSO is offering concert tickets at 10€ for everyone under 30! Tickets are available in advance: online, on site or by phone at BRticket.
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BRSO media library
Enjoy anytime and free of charge
In the BRSO media library you will find numerous concert videos with major symphonic works in recordings with many well-known conductors such as Rattle, Blomstedt, Gardiner, Haitink, Dudamel, Harding, Nézet-Séguin, Jansons or Antonini. Plus current livestreams as well as audios, documentaries about the BRSO and exciting backstage videos. Free of charge and available at any time!
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Sir Simon Rattle has been chief conductor of the BRSO since the 2023/2024 season. He is the sixth in a line of distinguished conductors after Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelík, Sir Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons. Soon after its foundation in 1949, the BRSO developed into an internationally renowned orchestra. The orchestra regularly works with renowned conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Harding, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jakub Hrůša and Iván Fischer. The orchestra tours throughout Europe, Asia and America and can look back on numerous CD releases and awards,
including the GRAMMY in the category “Best Orchestral Performance” and the “German Record Critics' Award”. Simon Rattle has already added important milestones to the discography, including works by Mahler and Wagner. Further recordings, intensive promotion of young musicians and performances in the world's music centres will accompany the collaboration. In a ranking of the ten best orchestras in the world published by the online magazine Bachtrack and compiled by leading music journalists, the BRSO recently came third.
