1955 65438+ 10/0 was born in Liverpool. At the age of seven, he understood the orchestral music of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. At the age of 8, he joined the youth band as a percussion player. 1 1 years old, I went to listen to Mahler's second symphony with my father. He was very excited by the charm of the conductor and Mahler's music. At first, he wanted to be a jazz drummer, but now he is determined to be a conductor. 1970, 15-year-old rattle made his debut as the conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Stravinsky's Sacrifice of Spring, and became famous in the British music scene with the nickname of "conducting a prodigy with a hat".
The following year, rattle entered the Royal Conservatory of Music in London and conducted Mahler's second and sixth symphonies at his alma mater. As a conductor student, he participated in the Johns Phulel International Conductor Competition held in Bournemouth in 1974, and stood out as the youngest champion in the history of the competition. He was immediately appointed assistant conductor of Plymouth Symphony Orchestra. When he graduated from the Conservatory of Music (1975), he conducted the famous new philharmonic orchestra, which made him famous for some time. Later, he returned to his hometown as the deputy conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the assistant conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In five years of conducting practice, he learned a lot of experience in live performance, which is of great help to his future conducting work.
Perhaps by coincidence, 1979, 24-year-old rattle left his hometown and went to Birmingham to be the chief conductor of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and was appointed as the music director in 1990.