Simone Young
- January 8, 2024
- Conductor
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Simone Young Biography
| Name | Simone Young |
| Birthday | Mar 2 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Sydney |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Simone Young is one of the most popular and richest Conductor who was born on March 2, 1961 in Sydney, Australia. Simone Margaret Young AM (born 2 March 1961) is an Australian conductor from Australia. Born in Sydney in the city of Sydney. She is from Irish heritage to her father’s family, and Croatian heritage from her maternal side. Young studied at Monte Sant’Angelo Mercy College located in North Sydney. She was a piano, composition teacher conductor, and composition at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Young was the first conductor to make an performance at the Hamburg State Opera in 1996. Then, in May of 2003 she was appointed as the chief executive officer for the Hamburg State Opera and chief conductor of the Philharmoniker Hamburg, posts which she took over in 2005. The year 2006 saw her was appointed professor of music and Theatre at the University of Hamburg. The critics of the publication Opernwelt picked her in the month of October 2006 as”the Dirigentin des Jahres (Conductor of the Year). In December of 2011 it was announced Young was to end her stints as conductor of and Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Philharmonic after the 2014/2015 season.
From 2001 to 2003, Young was chief conductor of Opera Australia in Sydney. Her contract was not renewed after 2003, with one given reason being the excessive expense of her programming ideas.
Young has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of New South Wales, Sydney and Melbourne. She has been appointed a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of France. On 26 January 2004, in the Australia Day Honours, Young was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to the arts as a conductor with major opera companies and orchestras in Australia and internationally”. Simone Young was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.
Young was first invited to conduct in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1996. In December of 2019 Sydney Symphony announced that Sydney Symphony announced the appointment of Young as its new chief conductor. The appointment will take effect in 2022. She will have the initial term of 3 years. Young was the only female conductor ever named the chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Simone Young Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Conductor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Simone Young is one of the richest Conductor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simone Young 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In the year 1983 Young was employed by Opera Australia as a répétiteur under different conductors, including Charles Mackerras, Richard Bonynge, Carlo Felice Cillario and Stuart Challender. Young began her operatic conducting profession at Sydney Opera House in 1985. In 1986, she became the first woman and the youngest person to be appointed as a resident conductor at Opera Australia. She was awarded the Australia Council grant to study abroad, and was awarded the title of Young Australian of the Year. In her early days she was an the assistant of James Conlon at the Cologne Opera as well as assistant for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin State Opera and at the Bayreuth Festival. From 1998 to the year 2002 Young became the principal conductor for the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway.
Young became the first woman to conduct of the Vienna State Opera in 1993. She led the Sydney Symphony Orchestra when they performed Elena Kats-Chernin’s “Deep Sea Dreaming” at the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Sydney. Then, in November of 2005, she became the very first woman conductor to lead the Vienna Philharmonic. Her discography includes all of the works of Anton Bruckner, as well as the entire Ring Cycle of Richard Wagner She was only the second woman in history to record any of these works. She also recorded the entire cycle of Brahms Symphony No.
Young is married to Greg Condon, and has two daughters. She notably made her first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera while she was five months pregnant and conducted at the Vienna State Opera one month prior to giving birth in 1997.
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Simone Ranked on the list of most popular Conductor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Simone Young celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.
Is Simone Young married?
Personal life. Young is married to Greg Condon , and has two daughters. She notably made her first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera while she was five months pregnant and conducted at the Vienna State Opera one month prior to giving birth in 1997.
Where was Simone Young born?
Sydney, Australia