Andris Nelsons
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Biography
The announcement of Andris Nelsons as Musical America's Artist of the Year for 2018 confirmed the arrival of the Latvian as one of the world's most exciting and highly rated conductors during a meteoric rise that had already seen him become music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. His dramatic and innovative performances proved equally popular with critics and concert audiences, resulting in dozens of successful recordings involving a wide range of composers from Mozart and Mahler to Bizet, Wagner and Richard Strauss, with concert performances all over Europe, America and Japan.
Born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia, Nelsons studied piano from an early age and moved to trumpet when he was 12, going on to sing in an early music ensemble run by his mother, while also playing trumpet in the Latvian National Opera. He studied conducting at the St Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and also had personal tuition from one of his heroes, the famed Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons. It all led to his appointment as principal conductor at Latvian National Opera, a position he held for four years from 2003-2007, during which time he also became chief conductor at Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford, Germany.
Soon acclaimed as one of the world's most renowned young conductors, he became known for his energy and vigour and the exceptional rapport he established with the orchestras he worked with, going on to perform in different parts of Europe, becoming well known in the UK, where he became music director with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Leading a performance of Puccini's 'Turandot' at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2009 helped establish his fame in America and also resulted in one of his most renowned recordings with Maria Guleghina and Samuel Ramey. In 2016 and 2017 he won consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Orchestral Recordings of Shostakovich symphonies, collaborating with Gewandhausorchester in an association with the Deutsche Grammophon label. In 2019 Nelsons was announced as the conductor for the 2020 Vienna New Year's Concert.
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Albums
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, Op. 29, Act I Scene 1: Interlude
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 "1st of May": Ib. Andante
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233: No. 2, Sonnenaufgang
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Strauss: Vier sinfonische Zwischenspiele aus Intermezzo, TrV 246a: II. Träumerei am Kamin
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C Minor
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141: III. Allegretto
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Incidental Music to âKing Learâ
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: 3. Presto
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Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From "Hamlet"
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 - III. Tempo di menuetto featuring Wiener Philharmoniker
- Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 - 2. Romance (Larghetto) (Live at Philharmonie Essen) featuring Daniel Barenboim
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 - I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo featuring Dmitri Chostakovitch
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 - II. Allegro by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 - IV. Lento - Allegro molto featuring Dmitri Chostakovitch
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141: II. Adagio - Largo - Adagio - Largo featuring Dmitri Chostakovitch
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141: IV. Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio - Allegretto featuring Dmitri Chostakovitch
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 - IV. Allegro vivace featuring Wiener Philharmoniker
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - I. De Profundis by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - II. Malagueña by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - IV. Le suicidé by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: V. Joie du sang des étoiles featuring Yuja Wang
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 - I. Allegro vivace e con brio featuring Wiener Philharmoniker
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - V. Les attentives I by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - VII. A la santé by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - VIII. Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - IX. O, Delvig, Delvig! by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - X. Der Tod des Dichters by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 - II. Allegretto scherzando featuring Wiener Philharmoniker
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135 - XI. Schlussstück by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a - IV. Largo - attacca (Orch. Barshai) by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a - II. Allegro molto - attacca (Orch. Barshai) by Boston Symphony Orchestra
- R. Strauss: Vier sinfonische Zwischenspiele aus Intermezzo, TrV 246a - II. Träumerei am Kamin featuring Richard Strauss
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - II. Larghetto featuring Wiener Philharmoniker
