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Andre Previn was a child prodigy who began piano studies in his native Germany at the age of six. With the rise of the Nazis, he and his family fled to Paris in 1938 and to the USA the following year. Previn's father's cousin, Charles Previn, worked as a musical director at Universal Studios, so the family settled in Los Angeles. Eventually, Andre Previn landed at MGM, where he worked as an orchestrator and composer. He won four Oscars for his orchestrations on such swank, effervescent musicals as "Gigi" (1958), "Porgy and Bess" (1959), "Irma La Douce" (1963) and "My Fair Lady" (1964)....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

The Sleepy Time Gal - ( Song Performer / 2002 / Released / )
Small Time Crooks - ( Song / 2000 / Released / )
Fight Club - ( Song / 1999 / Released / )
Playing By Heart - ( Song(- songs) / 1999 / Released / )
Anastasia - ( Music Conductor(- conductor) / 1997 / Released / )
Musicals Great Musicals - ( / 1996 / Released / )
That's Entertainment! III - ( Music / 1994 / Released / Turner Entertainment Group )
Romeo-Juliet - ( Music Conductor / 1990 / Released / )
Dead Ringer - ( Music / 1988 / Released / )
Six Weeks - ( Music Conductor / 1982 / Released / )
The Elephant Man - ( Music Conductor / 1980 / Released / WEG )
Rollerball - ( Music Supervisor / 1975 / Released / )
Jesus Christ Superstar - ( Music Conductor / 1973 / Released / )
Mrs. Pollifax - Spy - ( Song / 1971 / Released / )
Mrs. Pollifax - Spy - ( Music / 1971 / Released / )
The Music Lovers - ( Music(- music director) / 1971 / Released / )
Paint Your Wagon - ( Song(- songs) / 1969 / Released / )
Paint Your Wagon - ( Music / 1969 / Released / )
The Way West - ( Music(- music director) / 1967 / Released / )
Thoroughly Modern Millie - ( Music Arranger(- orchestration) / 1967 / Released / )
Valley of the Dolls - ( Song(- songs) / 1967 / Released / )
Harper - ( Song / 1966 / Released / )
Inside Daisy Clover - ( Song(- songs) / 1966 / Released / )
Inside Daisy Clover - ( Music / 1966 / Released / )
The Fortune Cookie - ( Music / 1966 / Released / )
The Swinger - ( Song / 1966 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Goodbye, Charlie - ( Song(- songs) / 1964 / Released / )
Goodbye, Charlie - ( Music / 1964 / Released / )
Kiss Me, Stupid - ( Music / 1964 / Released / )
My Fair Lady - ( Music(- music director) / 1964 / Released / )
Irma la Douce - ( Music(- music adaptation) / 1963 / Released / )
Long Day's Journey Into Night - ( Music / 1962 / Released / )
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - ( Music / 1962 / Released / )
Two For the Seesaw - ( Song / 1962 / Released / )
Two For the Seesaw - ( Music / 1962 / Released / )
One, Two, Three - ( Music / 1961 / Released / )
All in a Night's Work - ( Music / 1960 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Elmer Gantry - ( Music / 1960 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Pepe - ( Himself / 1960 / Released / )
Pepe - ( Song(- songs) / 1960 / Released / )
Tall Story - ( Song(- title song) / 1960 / Released / )
The Subterraneans - ( Himself / 1960 / Released / )
The Subterraneans - ( Music / 1960 / Released / )
Who Was That Lady? - ( Music / 1960 / Released / )
Porgy and Bess - ( Music(- music director) / 1959 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Gigi - ( Music Conductor / 1958 / Released / )
Gigi - ( Music Supervisor / 1958 / Released / )
Designing Woman - ( Music / 1957 / Released / )
Hot Summer Night - ( Music / 1957 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
House of Numbers - ( Music / 1957 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Silk Stockings - ( Music(- music director) / 1957 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Invitation to the Dance - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
Invitation to the Dance - ( Music(- music director) / 1956 / Released / )
The Catered Affair - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
The Fastest Gun Alive - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
Bad Day at Black Rock - ( Music / 1955 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
It's Always Fair Weather - ( Music(- music director) / 1955 / Released / )
It's Always Fair Weather - ( Music / 1955 / Released / )
Kismet - ( Music Conductor / 1955 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Kismet - ( Music Supervisor(- music supervision) / 1955 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Young at Heart - ( Music Performer / 1955 / Released / )
Give a Girl a Break - ( Music(- music director) / 1953 / Released / )
Kiss Me Kate - ( Music(- music direction) / 1953 / Released / )
Small Town Girl - ( Music(- music director) / 1953 / Released / )
The Girl Who Had Everything - ( Music / 1953 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Cause For Alarm - ( Music / 1951 / Released / )
Kim - ( Music / 1951 / Released / )
Act of Violence - ( Music Conductor / 1949 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Border Incident - ( Music / 1949 / Released / MGM Pictures )
TV Credits
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens -- A Life in Animation ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Intimate Portrait: Mia Farrow ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching For the Note ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
The Sound of Julie Andrews ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Together... Kiri and Andre on Broadway ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
A Carnegie Hall Christmas ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Mozart on Tour ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Musicians For Armenia ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Sir William Walton's 80th Birthday Concert ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Mr. Previn Comes To Town ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Rubinstein at 90 ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The New York Philharmonic ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Rubinstein: Works of Chopin ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The Donald O'Connor Show ( 1960 / Released ): Actor
Evening at Pops ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Andre Previn was a child prodigy who began piano studies in his native Germany at the age of six. With the rise of the Nazis, he and his family fled to Paris in 1938 and to the USA the following year. Previn's father's cousin, Charles Previn, worked as a musical director at Universal Studios, so the family settled in Los Angeles. Eventually, Andre Previn landed at MGM, where he worked as an orchestrator and composer. He won four Oscars for his orchestrations on such swank, effervescent musicals as "Gigi" (1958), "Porgy and Bess" (1959), "Irma La Douce" (1963) and "My Fair Lady" (1964). From the late 1960s onward, he has mostly concentrated on a career as an orchestra music director, working with such world-class symphonies as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has guest conducted around the world.

Profession(s):
composer, conductor, arranger, musical director, pianist
Sometimes Credited As:
Andreas Ludwig Prewin
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Family
brother:Steve Previn (born 1925; died July 9, 1993)
daughter:Summer Song Previn (born c. 1975; adopted with Mia Farrow; Vietnamese)
daughter:Soon-Yi Previn (born c. 1971; adopted with Farrow; Korean; became estranged from the family after she began her relationship with Woody Allen whom she later married)
daughter:Lark Song Previn (born c. 1974; adopted with Farrow; Vietnamese)
son:Lukas Previn (born c. 1998; mother, Heather Hales)
son:Matthew Phineas Previn (born 1971; twin of Sascha; mother Mia Farrow)
son:Fletcher Previn (born c. 1975; mother Mia Farrow)
son:Sascha Villiers Previn (born 1971; twin of Matthew; mother Mia Farrow)
wife:Dory Langdon (divorced)
wife:Heather Hales (married 1982; fourth wife; filed for divorce in January 1999)
wife:Mia Farrow (third wife; married in 1970; divorced in 1979)
Companion(s)
Anne-Sophie Mutter , Companion


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Education
Berlin Conservatory Berlin, Germany
Paris Conservatoire Paris, France 1938
Awards (Back to top)
Grammy Classical Crossover Album "Previn Conducts Korngold" 2002
Grammy Chamber Music Performance "American Scenes" 1999
Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award 1998
Grammy Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) "Walton: Belshazzar's Feast" 1973
Oscar Best Music (Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment) "My Fair Lady" 1964
Oscar Best Music (Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment) "Irma La Douce" 1963
Grammy Best Jazz Performance--Soloist or Small Group "Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen" 1961
Grammy Best Jazz Performance--Solo or Small Group "West Side Story" 1960
Grammy Best Performance By an Orchestra "Like Young" 1959
Grammy Best Sound Track Album--Original Cast, Motion Picture or Television "Porgy and Bess" 1959
Oscar Best Music (Scoring of Musical) "Porgy and Bess" 1959
Grammy Best Best Sound Track Album--Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast "Gigi" 1958
Oscar Best Music (Scoring of Musical) "Gigi" 1958

Milestones (Back to top)
1998 Composed opera based on Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire"
1989 Resigned as music director of Los Angeles Philharmonic after dispute with orchestra manager
1984 Joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as music director
1969 Wrote first Broadway musical, "Coco"
1967 - 1969 Served as principal conductor for the Houston Symphony
1949 Began composing film scores
1946 Began recording career
1943 Became an American citizen
1943 First screen credit, as music director on "She's for Me"
1939 Moved with family to USA; settled in Los Angeles
1938 Family moved from Berlin to Paris
Was principal conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra
Served as music director, South Bank Music Festival (London)
Was music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony

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