Simone Young is Australia's greatest living conductor and a music pioneer. Currently chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, she's performed in many of the major opera houses and concert halls of the world - including being the first woman to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic.
This year she'll be the first woman and the first Australian to conduct Wagner's Ring Cycle at the renowned festival theatre in Beyreuth. She sat down with Laura Tingle.
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