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Simone young conductor biography of albert1.
Simone young conductor biography of albert
Simone Young
Australian conductor
Simone Margaret YoungAM (born 2 March 1961) is an Australian conductor and academic teacher. She is currently chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Biography and career
Young was born in Sydney, of Irish ancestry on her father's side and Croatian ancestry on her mother's.[1] Young was educated at the Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney.
She studied composition, piano and conducting at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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Commencing in 1983, Young worked at Opera Australia as a répétiteur under various conductors, including Charles Mackerras, Richard Bonynge, Carlo Felice Cillario and Stuart Challender. Young started her operatic conducting career at the Sydney Opera House in 1985.
In 1986 she was the first woman and youngest person to be appointed a resident conductor with Opera Australia. She received an Australia Council grant to study overseas, and was named Young Australian of the Year.[2]