Simon Rattle is a British conductor, born January 19, 1955 in Liverpool, this student of piano and violin began a career as a percussionist before taking the direction of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 1974. Simon Rattle rose to fame in head of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted from 1980 to 1988. Known in 1994, Sir Simon Rattle was consecrated in 2002 when he took the reins of the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, succeeding Claudio Abbado. In July 2012, Sir Simon Rattle took the lead of the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympic Games. Since September 2017 Sir Simon Rattle is Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra.