Born in Sydney in 1961; the conductor Simone Young studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 1993 she was the first woman to conduct at the Wiener Staatsoper, later also the first woman with the Berliner Philharmoniker. From 1998 to 2002 she was principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, from 2001 to 2003 artistic director of Opera Australia in Sydney and Melbourne, from 2005 to 2015 director of the Hamburgische Staatsoper and general music director of the Philharmoniker Hamburg. Since 2022 she has been principal conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She has directed complete “Ring” cycles at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Staatsoper Berlin, at the Bayreuther Festspiele and at the Hamburgische Staatsoper. She is an honorary doctor of the universities of Sydney and Melbourne, a Member of the Order of Australia, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and, since April 2022, an honorary member of the Wiener Staatsoper; she was also honoured with the Goethe-Medaille and the Brahms-Preis Schleswig-Holstein.
Simone Young
Conductor
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