Editing Simon Rattle (section)

===Conducting in North America===
Rattle made his North American debut in 1976, conducting the [[London Schools Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. He first conducted the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] in 1979 during the music directorship of [[Carlo Maria Giulini]], and was their principal guest conductor from 1981 to 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-11-21/simon-rattle-is-back-in-la-with-the-berlin-philharmonic|title=Simon Rattle is back in LA with the Berlin Philharmonic|author=[[Mark Swed]]|date=21 November 2009|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310024418/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-11-21/simon-rattle-is-back-in-la-with-the-berlin-philharmonic|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also guest-conducted the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]], [[San Francisco Symphony]], [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]. His New York City debut was with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1985. In 2000, Rattle was the music director of the [[Ojai Music Festival]].

In 1993, Rattle made his conducting debut with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Allan Kozinn]]|title=Rattle Leads the Philadelphia in Mahler's Ninth Symphony|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D7163CF935A25751C1A965958260|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 December 1993|access-date=30 January 2007|archive-date=19 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819100726/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/16/arts/review-music-rattle-leads-the-philadelphia-in-mahler-s-ninth-symphony.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He returned for guest conducting engagements in 1999<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Anthony Tommasini]]|title=Did Briton, Wielding Sibelius, Audition for a Job?|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E0DB1039F93BA15752C0A96F958260|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 January 1999|access-date=30 January 2007|archive-date=19 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819100727/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/28/arts/music-review-did-briton-wielding-sibelius-audition-for-a-job.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2000.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bernard Holland|author-link=Bernard Holland|title=A Sense of Gluttony But an Easy Surrender|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DB173CF935A15752C0A9669C8B63|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 January 2000|access-date=30 January 2007|archive-date=19 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819100753/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/26/arts/music-review-a-sense-of-gluttony-but-an-easy-surrender.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The musical relationship between Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra was reported to be such that Philadelphia wanted to hire Rattle as its next music director after [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]], but Rattle declined.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Allan Kozinn]]|title=Top Conductors, Top Orchestras, Brahms in Common|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DB173CF935A15752C0A9669C8B63|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 January 2004|access-date=30 January 2007|archive-date=19 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819100753/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/26/arts/music-review-a-sense-of-gluttony-but-an-easy-surrender.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rattle has continued to guest-conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra, including appearances in 2006<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Allan Kozinn]]|title=Bruckner's Seventh and Painterly Tableaus in Song|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/arts/music/09phil.html?ex=1170219600&en=494bce6a3b959154&ei=5070|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 February 2006|access-date=30 January 2007}}</ref> and the Philadelphia Orchestra's first performances of [[Robert Schumann]]'s cantata ''[[Paradise and the Peri|Das Paradies und die Peri]]'' in November 2007.<ref>{{cite news | author=Peter Dobrin | title=Passionate about ''Paradise'' | url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/peter_dobrin/20071125_Passionate_about_Paradise.html | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | date=25 November 2007 | access-date=24 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080401075128/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/peter_dobrin/20071125_Passionate_about_Paradise.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 1 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[Bernard Holland]]|title=Repentance as the Key to Open Pearly Gates|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/music/03ratt.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 December 2007|access-date=24 April 2008|archive-date=11 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211045313/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/music/03ratt.html|url-status=live}}</ref>