Simone Young

@RevRichardColes @CatJarman @cspencer1508 Absolutely true! Delighted to learn that you are a Wagner fan!

@APWSinger Happy New Year, Andrew!! Sorry not to be in Madrid with you all! Xx

My last Fledermaus in this current series last night in Munich - now heading to Madrid for Reimann’s Lear! It’s a roller coaster!

@sueperkins Toi toi, Sue, glad to see you’re keeping up the conducting!

Morning all. I’ll be carving along to Elgar’s Serenade for Strings tomorrow, 2pm, Manchester Sq Gardens, Marylebone - as part of the Marylebone Music festival. It’s a short piece, so I can’t do too much damage to it. It’s also a free event. The Orion Orchestra will be MAGNIFICENT. If you’re in the area come along! Book your free ticket on the MMF website x

@AusAmb_DE Very sorry to see you go! So grateful for the wonderful reception you gave me after the Berlin Phil concert recently, where it was my great pleasure to meet you, your wife and son, and some of the wonderful people from the Embassy. You will be missed!

I regret to say that I will shortly be leaving Germany. I am very excited at the prospect of this new assignment. But Susan and I will miss Berlin, a city we have come to love. We have the highest admiration for the culture and people of this country. foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny…

So, that was 23 hours delay on a flight that takes a bit more than an hour. Delays can happen, but the lack of communication, the slow progression of the delayed departures and the abandonment of the passengers in a closed airport overnight - chaos!

@British_Airways What is happening? A whole plane load at Lyon, waiting to fly to LHR - and not even the airport staff can reach you!! Already hours delayed….No info. No assistance, no customer service. Not good enough!

@British_Airways And now another change of departure -and gate - both unannounced. Despairing.

@SYoungConductor Hi Simone, we hope the flight departs as estimated today. If you would like to start the complaints process please see the link below: ba.com/complaints. Georgia

@British_Airways That’s not a new flight, that is the one from yesterday. It’s departure time has changed about 8 times. Still no airport staff or BA staff anywhere to be seen. A lot of very tired and very angry gold, silver, business, families, etc…

@SYoungConductor Hi Simone, have you been booked onto the flight at 16:30? Georgia

@British_Airways There is no one to assist. The Avia Partner people, BA’s outsourced partner here, have no more information. The flight has now been pushed back to 16:30. Still no communication, no support!

@SYoungConductor Hi, we're sorry for the lack of communication you have received. Does your app say you have been booked onto the flight today? If you cannot find a BA representative please head to customer services and they should be able to help you. Georgia

@British_Airways And while the flight is listed on the ba app as departing at 14:30, it is not present on the departures board, and there is still no one from BA anywhere………

@SYoungConductor Hi Simone, we're sorry your flight was delayed and for any inconvenience caused by this Georgia

@British_Airways Hello. It is not so much the delay as the lack of any communication or information from BA. The email (at 2am, after 7hours of delay) offered a phone number to call that no one answers. The app says to contact the BA rep at the airport - there isn’t one.

And now BA, you have just moved the flight to 14:30!! That’s 20 hours delay on a flight that takes 1.5 hours. Still no BA staff here, no assistance, no SMS or email, just an updated departure time on the app. A response please!

So now the flight is on the app as departing at 10:am. There is no BA rep here, no-one organising hotels, we are all just left sitting in the airport. Come on, BA!

@APWSinger @stmatthewsbg Great photo - Greg’s right ear and phone are also part of it! Xx

8 years ago I married “my person” @stmatthewsbg - a glorious day and we continue to have such days with our 2 boys and 2 dogs. Quite the journey - looking forward to the next chapter!

It was such a joy to lead this concert tonight - a beautiful new violin concerto from @Camille_Pepin, played magnificently by @RCapucon and Mahler 1 with the marvellous @nationaldefce! Bravo tutti!

Aujourd’hui, répétition avec ces musiciens incroyables ! Quel bonheur, merci à tous ❤️☀️🥰 !!! @RCapucon @SYoungConductor @nationaldefce @Maisondelaradio @radiofrance @francemusique

And what a spectacular cast I had!! @LiseDavidsen, @SamanthaHankey, @morley_erin, @GGboeck, all the other brilliant soloists, @METOrchestra, @MetOperaChorus, @MetOpera, and Robert Carson’s beautiful production, lovingly put together by Paula Suozzi! #ittakesavillage

@operamagazine Many thanks! Couldn’t be a better way to spend a birthday - I am rehearsing Rosenkavalier at the Met with a fabulous cast. X

Wishing Simone Young ⁦@SYoungConductor⁩ a very happy birthday!

@BenSostenuto Happy Birthday, Ben. (I thought you were definitely not yet 40!)

Very honoured to receive this wonderful award. Thank you Limelight! But I share this award with the marvellous Sydney Symphony, who have made 2022 such an amazing year of joyous, tumultuous, passionate and profound music-making!