biography
| name: |
Previn, André (George)
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pronunciation:
[previn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Conductor and composer, born in Berlin, Germany. His family fled from Nazi Germany to the USA in 1938. He studied music mainly in California and Paris, spent some years as a jazz pianist, and became musical director of symphony orchestras at Houston (1967–9), London (1968–79), Pittsburgh (1976–86), and Los Angeles (1986–9). He became composer laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1991, and conductor laureate the following year. He has composed musicals, film scores, and orchestral works, and achieved popular success both on television and in the concert hall by bringing classical music to the attention of a wide public. His books include Music Face to Face (1971) and André Previn's Guide to Music (1983). He was given an honorary knighthood in 1996. |
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