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André Previn

Songwriter / Composer / Pianist | * 04/06/1929 († 89, 02/28/2019) | Berlin (Germany)
André George Previn (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved success, and the latter two were part of his life until the end. In movies, he arranged and composed music. In jazz, he was a celebrated trio pianist, a piano-accompanist to singers of standards, and pianist-interpreter of songs from the "Great American Songbook". In classical music, he also performed as a pianist but gained television fame as a conductor, and during his last thirty years created his legacy as a composer of art music. Before the age of twenty, Previn began arranging and composing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He would go on to be involved in the music of more than fifty films and would win four Academy Awards. He won ten Grammy Awards, for recordings in all three areas of his career, and then one more, for lifetime achievement. He served as music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra (1967–1969), principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1968–1979), music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1976–1984), of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1985–1989), chief conductor of the Royal Philharmonic (198... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for André Previn

Knight Commander of The Order of The British Empire Knight Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Glenn Gould Prize Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement 2x Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score 2x Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Kennedy Center Honors Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2x Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album 2x Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television 6x Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score 3x Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
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Movies with André Previn as Actor(13)

TV Shows/Series with André Previn as Actor(8)

as Self - Conductor1976 Live from Lincoln Center
as himself1971 Great Performances
as Self - Pianist1956 The Steve Allen Show

Movies with André Previn as Crew(48)

Sound/Conductor2021 Louise
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Rollerball
Crew/Additional Music1969 Paint Your Wagon
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Fortune Cookie
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Sound/Music1964 Dead Ringer
Sound/Conductor1964 My Fair Lady
Sound/Music Supervisor1964 My Fair Lady
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Goodbye Charlie
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Kiss Me, Stupid
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Irma la Douce
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Two for the Seesaw
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 All in a Night's Work
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 One, Two, Three
Sound/Conductor1961 One, Two, Three
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Elmer Gantry
Sound/Music1960 The Subterraneans
Sound/Conductor1960 Bells Are Ringing
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Who Was That Lady?
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Pepe
Sound/Music Supervisor1957 Silk Stockings
Sound/Conductor1957 Silk Stockings
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Hot Summer Night
Sound/Music1957 Designing Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 House of Numbers
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Catered Affair
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Sound/Music1955 It's Always Fair Weather
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 Bad Day at Black Rock
Sound/Music Director1953 Kiss Me Kate
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Give a Girl a Break
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 Cause for Alarm!
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Shadow on the Wall
Sound/Music Director1950 Three Little Words
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 The Outriders
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Kim
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Dial 1119
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Scene of the Crime
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Tension
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Border Incident
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 The Sun Comes Up
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Challenge to Lassie
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
Sound/Music Supervisor1946 Undercurrent

Full Name: André Previn
Born: Saturday, 04/06 1929 (April) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Thursday, 02/28 2019 (February) in Manhattan (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: Beverly Hills High School
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Record Label: Contemporary Records, Deutsche Grammophon
Spouses (current/former): Betty Bennett, Dory Previn, Mia Farrow, Heather Sneddon, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Children: Claudia Previn Stasny, Alicia Previn, Matthew Previn, Sascha Previn, Fletcher Previn, Lark Previn, Daisy Previn, Soon-Yi Previn, Lukas Previn, Li-An Previn
Father: Jack Priwin
Mother: Lotte Priwin
Other names for André Previn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"André George Previn"
"Andre Previn"
"Andreas Ludwig Priwin"
André Previn frequently works together with these people:
Edwin B. Willis (21x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (19x, Crew)
Sydney Guilaroff (15x, Crew)
Billy Wilder (12x, Crew)
William Tuttle (11x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (10x, Crew)
I. A. L. Diamond (8x, Crew)
Alan Jay Lerner (8x, Crew)
Warren Newcombe (7x, Crew)
Helen Rose (7x, Crew)
Hugh Hunt (7x, Crew)
Plácido Domingo (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:491188, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024