Andrew Litton
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Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton 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[1], following which he was named Music Director Emeritus. 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.[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] In March 2011, his Bergen contract was further extended through 2015.[4]
Litton’s recordings (over one hundred) 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.
His early teachers included John DeMaio, and in 2003, he was awarded Yale University's Sanford Medal.
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- ^ Richard Morrison (2 December 2005). "ENO regrets? No, just plans". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article598649.ece. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
- ^ Rob Hubbard, "Sommerfest artistic director Litton extends contract with Minnesota Orchestra". Pioneer Press, 30 June 2008.
- ^ Charlotte Smith, "Andrew Litton extends his contract as Bergen Philharmonic music director". Gramophone, 12 June 2008.
- ^ Åge Algerøy & Halvor Folgerø (2011-03-23). "Smilande dirigent tar fire nye år". NRK. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.7562792. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
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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–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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