Andris Nelsons
Making his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with this performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, Andris Nelsons is one of today’s most sought-after young conductors on the international scene, earning himself a distinguished name on both the opera and concert podiums. Over the next few seasons, he will continue collaborations with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Tonhalle Orchester Zurich. Debut appearances will include the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and the New York Philharmonic. He recently appeared for the first time in Japan, on tour with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and will return later in the season to conduct Lohengrin at Tokyo Opera Nomori. In 2009–2010, he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Staatsoper, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with returns planned to each house (he conducts Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame at the Met this month). He made his Bayreuth debut with a new production of Lohengrin in 2010, and will return there this summer. Andris Nelsons was appointed Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2008. Following a summer festivals tour in 2009 with performances at the Lucerne Festival, Berliner Festspiele, and BBC Proms, he and the CBSO undertook an extensive European tour in March 2010. Their summer 2010 tour included returns to the Lucerne Festival and BBC Proms plus an appearance at Berlin’s Waldbühne. Their recording collaboration with Orfeo International has produced acclaimed recordings of orchestral works by Richard Strauss, Stravinsky’s Firebird, and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth and Sixth symphonies. Born in Riga in 1978 into a family of musicians, Andris Nelsons began his career in music as a trumpeter in the Latvian National Opera Orchestra, and has also won many prizes for his singing. He was recipient of the prestigious Latvian Grand Music Award for outstanding achievement in music in 2001 and, after graduating in the same year, went to St. Petersburg to study conducting with Alexander Titov. He has been studying privately with Mariss Jansons since 2002, and completed his tenure as principal conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford, Germany, in 2009. From 2003 to 2007, he was music director of the Latvian National Opera. Please visit andrisnelsons.com for more information.
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