André Previn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Previn

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 28-Feb-2019

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, songwriter, film score composer, music arranger, jazz musician

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. His career was three-pronged.
Starting by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Previn was involved in the music for over 50 films over his entire career.
He won four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement).
He was also the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic, as well as the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In jazz, Previn was a pianist-interpreter and arranger of songs from the Great American Songbook, was piano-accompanist to singers of jazz standards, and was a trio pianist.