赛蒙·莱托(Simon Rattle)是当今较年轻一代指挥家中很有名气的一位,他是英国英格兰地区人,1955年1月19日生于利物浦市。年纪很轻时就在国家青年乐团里演奏打击乐器,偶尔也在利物浦爱乐乐团里演奏。1971年至1974年他曾在伦敦皇家音乐学院学习过钢琴、打击乐器和指挥,1974年他参加约翰·普莱耶国际指挥比赛获胜,因而受聘担仟博恩茅斯市交响乐 Simon Rattle is one of the more famous conductors of today’s younger generation, a native of England and England, born January 19, 1955 in Liverpool. Percussion instruments are played at the National Youth Orchestra when you are very young and occasionally played at the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1971 to 1974, he studied piano, percussion instruments and conductor at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1974, he won the John Praye International Commanding Competition and was commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony