Happy birthday, Sir Simon!
We wish our chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle, who celebrates his 70th birthday on January 19, 2025, all the best!
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for Simon Rattle
Lifetime achievement award
Simon Rattle has been awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2025, the “Nobel Prize of Music”. The award “for a life in the service of music” is endowed with 250,000 euros, which Sir Simon intends to use to open up new dimensions for historical performance practice in the BRSO under the label BRSO hip (“historically informed performance”).
SCHOENHOLTZ – The orchestra podcast
Guest: Sir Simon Rattle
Get to know the chief conductor of the BRSO better! Sir Simon Rattle is a guest in our orchestra podcast. In conversation with Anne SCHOENHOLTZ, he reveals where his love for the BRSO comes from, what inspires him about Munich and what ideas and visions he wants to pursue in the coming years.
Concert videos with Sir Simon Rattle
György Ligeti
“Atmosphères”
Richard Wagner
Prelude to “Lohengrin”
Anton Webern
Six pieces, op. 6
(Version of 1928)
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Concert video from November 15, 2024
Gala Concert for the 75th Anniversary of the BRSO
Arnold Schönberg
“Gurre-Lieder”
Oratorio in three parts for soli, speaker, choir and orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Simon O’Neill tenor (Waldemar)
Dorothea Röschmann soprano (Tove)
Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube)
Josef Wagner bass-baritone (Bauer)
Peter Hoare tenor (Klaus-Narr)
Thomas Quasthoff speaker (Sprecher)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
MDR Chorus
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Discover all BRSO concert videos with Sir Simon Rattle
CD releases with Sir Simon Rattle
More about Sir Simon Rattle
BRSO flash mob with Sir Simon Rattle
BRSO flash mob as a sign for the new concert hall
With his compelling charisma, his great love of experimentation and enthusiasm as well as his unrestricted artistic seriousness, Sir Simon Rattle is one of the most fascinating conductors of our time.
He has been Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra since the 2023/2024 season.
