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Simon Rattle
is an English conductor who rose to international fame as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1980 to 1998.His achievements included a 20th century musical concert series entitled "Towards the Millennium", and the move of the CBSO from Birmingham Town Hall to Symphony Hall in 1991.
Rattle was awarded a CBE in 1987 and made a Knight Bachelor in 1994. A dedicated supportor of youth music, he earned the record for assembling the World's Largest Orchestra in 1998.
Photo by David Cortés.
