article_snippet: Sir Simon, whose youngest child with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, 41, is seven months old, has directed the Berlin Philharmonic since 2002.
article_snippet: Sir Simon (right), whose youngest child with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená (left), 41, is seven months old, has directed the Berlin Philharmonic since 2002 .
article_snippet: Sir Simon (right), whose youngest child with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená (left), 41, is seven months old said:
article_snippet: Sir Simon, who will join the LSO in 2017, said the move was ‘a very obvious step’.
article_snippet: Sir Simon made Sir Simon first appearance with the LSO in 1977, at the age of 22.
article_snippet: Sir Simon conducted the orchestra at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, performing Chariots Of Fire with actor Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean.
article_snippet: Sir Simon has also performed with the LSO earlier this year in the Barbican Centre.
article_snippet: Sir Simon said of Sir Simon appointment: