Home > André Previn
André Previn (born April 6, 1929) is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer.He was born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in Berlin, but his family emigrated to the United States in 1938 and he became a US citizen in 1943.
In 1967, Previn became conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the following year added the London Symphony Orchestra to his portfolio. In subsequent years, he was at various times conductor to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He composed film scores and musicals, a cello concerto and a guitar concerto, and is one of the world's best-known conductors. Previn received Kennedy Center HonorsThe Kennedy Center Honors have been awarded annually, since 1978 by the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The honorees are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting. He is also an honorary Knight of the British Empire; while he is is not entitled to the form "Sir Andre Previn" as he is not a British citizen, he is entitled to use the post-nominal letters, viz. "Mr Andre Previn KBE".
During his early career in Los Angeles, Previn arranged and composed a number of movie scores, notably Three Little Words in 1950, Kiss Me, KateKiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. It is roughly based on Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Sh in 1953, It's Always Fair Weather in 1955, Silk Stockings1957 musical remake of Ninotchka starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, composed by Cole Porter and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. External links . in 1957, Bells Are RingingBells Are Ringing was a romantic comedy film was released in 1960 and was directed by Vincente Minnelli. It starred popular film actress of the fifties Judy Holliday alongside Dean Martin. The storyline follows Holliday's character "Ella Peterson", a tele in 1960, Irma La Douce in 1963, My Fair LadyMy Fair Lady is a musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion''. The musical opened on March 15, 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. It ran f in 1964 and Paint Your Wagon in 1969. In later years, he has concentrated on classical music. His first opera, A Streetcar Named Desire premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 1998.
In the UK, he is particularly remembered for his performance on the Morecambe and Wise show, which involved his conducting a spoof performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto, with Morecambe as the soloist. Because of other commitments, the only time available for Previn to learn his part was during a transatlantic flight, but the talent he showed for comedy won high praise from his co-performers.
Previn's marriages, first to Dory Previn and then to Mia Farrow, have also kept him in the public eye. In 2002, he married the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
