André Previn (born April 6, 1930)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. He was born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in Berlin to a Jewish family, but his family emigrated to the United States in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He became a US citizen in 1943. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

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 Honors in 1998. He is also an honorary Knight of the British Empire; while he is not entitled to the form "Sir André Previn" as he is not a British citizen, he is entitled to append the letters KBE to his name. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Houston Symphony Orchestra is one of the United States of Americas major orchestras, based, as its name suggests, in Houston, Texas. ... The London Symphony Orchestra (frequently abbreviated to LSO) is a full time orchestra based in London. ... The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras in the United States. ... The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is an English orchestra based in London. ... The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, USA. From 1964-2003, the orchestra played its concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) (pronounced Cheh-loh) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... Origin Etymology Concerto (pl. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... The Kennedy Center Honors have been awarded annually, since 1978 by the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

During his early career in Los Angeles, Previn arranged and composed a number of movie scores, notably Three Little Words in 1950, Kiss Me, Kate in 1953, It's Always Fair Weather in 1955, Silk Stockings in 1957, Bells Are Ringing in 1960, Irma la Douce in 1963, My Fair Lady 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. A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kiss 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. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ... Bells Are Ringing was a romantic comedy film was released in 1960 and was directed by Vincente Minnelli. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Irma la Douce is a 1956 French stage musical whose book and lyrics were written by Alexandre Breffort with music by Marguerite Monnot. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Paint Your Wagon is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In the UK, he is particularly remembered for his performance as "Mr Andrew Preview" on the Morecambe and Wise show, which involved his conducting a spoof performance of Edvard 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. Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. ... Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843–September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. ... The Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg was the only concerto Grieg completed. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ...

Previn's marriages, first to Dory Previn and then to Mia Farrow, have also kept him in the public eye. He has also been married to Betty Bennett and Heather Sneddon and in 2002 he married the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, for whom he wrote his violin concerto. Dory Previn (born October 22nd, 1925) is an American singer-songwriter, and was a lyricist for motion picture theme songs during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Farrow on the cover of Glamour, 1968 Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anne-Sophie Mutter (born June 29, 1963) is a German violinist. ...

In 2005, Previn was awarded the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize in recognition of his achievements. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Glenn Gould Prize is an international award bestowed by the Glenn Gould Foundation. ...

¹Previn himself is unsure in which year he was born, as his birth certificate was lost when he emigrated to the United States.

Awards and Recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance: The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. ...

• André Previn & Gil Shaham for American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin) (1999)

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External link

• Audio (.ram file) of a 1972 interview for the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/previna1.shtml)