Andrew Litton

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 Music Director of the Sommerfest concerts of the Minnesota Orchestra, and in June 2008, his contract in this post was extended to 2011. [cite news | author=Rob Hubbard | title=Sommerfest artistic director Litton extends contract with Minnesota Orchestra | url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_9744930 | work=Pioneer Press | date=30 June 2008 | accessdate=2008-07-04] Litton was reported to have been a candidate for the position of music director of English National Opera after the tenure of Paul Daniel. [cite news | author=Richard Morrison | title=ENO regrets? No, just plans | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article598649.ece | work=The Times | date=2 December 2005 | accessdate=2007-03-10] 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. [cite news | author=Charlotte Smith | title=Andrew Litton extends his contract as Bergen Philharmonic music director | url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3036&newssectionID=1 | work=Gramophone | date=12 June 2008 | accessdate=2008-06-20]

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 Rachmaninov Piano Concertos with pianist Stephen Hough, and a live performance recording of "Sweeney Todd" with the New York Philharmonic (Grammy nomination), a Decca Walton Centennial boxed set, and the complete Tchaikovsky Symphonies with the Bournemouth Symphony, the complete Rachmaninov 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.

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* [http://andrewlitton.com/ Andrew Litton Official Website]