Background
PREVIN, Andre was born on April 6, 1929 in (as Andreas Ludwig Priwin), Berlin, Germany. Son of Jack and Charlotte (nee Epstein) Previn.
conductor Composer and pianist
PREVIN, Andre was born on April 6, 1929 in (as Andreas Ludwig Priwin), Berlin, Germany. Son of Jack and Charlotte (nee Epstein) Previn.
Berlin and Paris Conservatories and University of California.
Director Houston Symphony, United States 1967-1969. Music Director and Principal Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra 1968-1979, Conductor Emeritus since 1979. Composed and conducted approx.
50 film scores 1950-1965. Guest conductor of most major world orchestras, also Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Osaka, Flanders Festivals. Music Director London South Bank Summer Music Festival 1972-1974, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 1976-1984, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1984-1989.
Music Director Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1985-1986, Principal Conductor since 1987(92), Guest Conductor. Series of television specials for BBC and for American Public Broadcasting Service. Television Critics.
Symphony for Strings 1965, Overture to a Comedy 1966, Suite for Piano 1967, Cello Concerto 1968, Four Songs, Soprano and Orchestra 1968, Tw'o Serenades for Violin 1969, Guitar Concerto 1970, Piano Preludes 1972, Woodwind Quintet 1973, Good Companions (musical) 1974, Song Cycle on Poems by Philip Larkin 1977, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (music, drama, text by Tom Stoppard 1977, Pages from the Calendar (for Solo Piano) 1977, Peaches (for Flute and Strings) 1978, Principals 1980, Outings for Brass Quintet 1980, Reflections 1981, Piano Concerto 1984. Publications: Music Face to Face 1971, Orchestra (editor) 1977, Guide to Music 1983. Recording: After Hours 1989.
Married 1st Betty Bennett (divorced). Married 2nd Dory Langan in 1959 (divorced in 1970). Married 3rd Mia Farrow in 1970 (divorced in 1979).
Married 4th Heather Hales in 1982.