Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School, and holds both undergraduate and Masters degrees in music from Juilliard.
Litton was Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 1994. and is now its Conductor Laureate. He served for twelve seasons as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to 2006. Since 2003, he has been Artistic Director of the Sommerfest concerts of the Minnesota Orchestra, and in June 2008, his contract in this post was extended to 2011.[1] Litton was reported to have been a candidate for the position of music director of English National Opera after the tenure of Paul Daniel.[2] He has been Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway since 2003. In June 2008, his contract with the Bergen Philharmonic was extended through the 2010-2011 season.[3]
Litton’s more than 60 recordings include a Grammy-winning William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast with Bryn Terfel and the Bournemouth Symphony, a critically-acclaimed set of Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos with pianist Stephen Hough, a live performance recording of Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic (Grammy nomination), a Decca Walton Centennial boxed set, the complete Tchaikovsky Symphonies with the Bournemouth Symphony, the complete Rachmaninoff Symphonies with the Royal Philharmonic, Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and many Gershwin recordings, both as conductor and pianist, with the Dallas Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, and Royal Philharmonic.
In 2003, he was awarded Yale University's Sanford Medal.[4]
References
- ^ Rob Hubbard (30 June 2008). "Sommerfest artistic director Litton extends contract with Minnesota Orchestra". Pioneer Press. http://www.twincities.com/ci_9744930. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ^ Richard Morrison (2 December 2005). "ENO regrets? No, just plans". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article598649.ece. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ Charlotte Smith (12 June 2008). "Andrew Litton extends his contract as Bergen Philharmonic music director". Gramophone. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3036&newssectionID=1. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
- ^ Andrew Litton.com
John DeMaio was his first piano teacher, and taught him from the time he was five years of age until he entered Juilliard. Joh DeMaio died in February 2009.
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| Preceded by Rudolf Barshai |
Principal Conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 1988–1994 |
Succeeded by Yakov Kreizberg |
| Preceded by Eduardo Mata |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1994–2006 |
Succeeded by Jaap van Zweden |
| Preceded by Simone Young |
Principal Conductor, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 2003– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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