~ Framed Conductor Simon Rattle OM CBE Signed Neck Tie Montage ~
A framed and glazed tie montage from the conductor’s own wardrobe.
It is a clear plastic tie set with various music-related trinkets, above a short signed note of provenance and a small illustration, reading ‘I am sorry that these are almost anything but ties - but my wardrobe is quite eccentric!’.
It was originally auctioned as part of The Great 1995 Tie & Scarf Auction hosted by Tie Rack, London.
~ Simon Rattle ~
Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor with German citizenship. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018, and music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2023. He has been chief conductor of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra since September 2023. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as one of the world's best living conductors.
Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in the mid-1990s. The Youth Orchestra is now under the auspices of charitable business Services for Education. He received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2001 at the Classic Brit Awards.
~ Condition ~
Please refer to the images for the condition.
~ Dimensions ~
The frame is 50cm (21 inches) tall and 23.5 cm (9.25 inches) wide.
