Rattle was born in Liverpool .
He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002berliner-philharmoniker.de has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ( BPO ) . Rattle was born in Liverpool , the son of Pauline Lila Violet ( Greening ) and Denis Guttridge Rattle , a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves .
Simon Rattle