conductor
Andris Nelsons
Andris Nelsons was a trumpeter in the opera orchestra of his hometown Riga before moving to St. Petersburg in 2001 to study conducting with Alexander Titov, followed by private lessons with Mariss Jansons.
He then became chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera (2003-2007), the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (2006-2009), and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2008-2015). Since the 2014-15 season, Nelsons has been the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and, since February 2018, also the Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. His two orchestras collaborate extensively, which in 2019 resulted in three concerts featuring musicians from both institutions and, a year later, joint CD recordings.
He has conducted opera productions at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Wiener Staatsoper, New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival.
Nelsons regularly guest conducts such orchestras as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Since August 2008, he has been a welcome guest with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, both in Amsterdam and on tour. The most recent collaboration was in August 2020, when Nelsons conducted Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
Andris Nelsons was a trumpeter in the opera orchestra of his hometown Riga before moving to St. Petersburg in 2001 to study conducting with Alexander Titov, followed by private lessons with Mariss Jansons.
He then became chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera (2003-2007), the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (2006-2009), and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2008-2015). Since the 2014-15 season, Nelsons has been the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and, since February 2018, also the Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. His two orchestras collaborate extensively, which in 2019 resulted in three concerts featuring musicians from both institutions and, a year later, joint CD recordings.
He has conducted opera productions at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Wiener Staatsoper, New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival.
Nelsons regularly guest conducts such orchestras as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Since August 2008, he has been a welcome guest with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, both in Amsterdam and on tour. The most recent collaboration was in August 2020, when Nelsons conducted Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
Andris Nelsons was a trumpeter in the opera orchestra of his hometown Riga before moving to St. Petersburg in 2001 to study conducting with Alexander Titov, followed by private lessons with Mariss Jansons.
He then became chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera (2003-2007), the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (2006-2009), and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2008-2015). Since the 2014-15 season, Nelsons has been the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and, since February 2018, also the Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. His two orchestras collaborate extensively, which in 2019 resulted in three concerts featuring musicians from both institutions and, a year later, joint CD recordings.
He has conducted opera productions at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Wiener Staatsoper, New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival.
Nelsons regularly guest conducts such orchestras as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Since August 2008, he has been a welcome guest with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, both in Amsterdam and on tour. The most recent collaboration was in August 2020, when Nelsons conducted Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
