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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra appoints Andrew Manze as Associate Guest Conductor
Andrew Manze
The BBC SSO has announced that the eminent British musician Andrew Manze will become the orchestra’s Associate Guest Conductor from November 2010. He takes over the role from Stefan Solyom, who steps down in December 2009.
His initial three-year contract as the BBC SSO’s Associate Guest Conductor begins in November 2010 and will be for a minimum of four weeks each season. Speaking of the new appointment Andrew Manze said: "I am absolutely delighted to be appointed Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Our first meeting in June 2009 was such an enjoyable one - no fuss, just music! I believe we share an approach to music which is simple and direct, so I cannot wait for our next project and I am sure I will be saying that every time."
He will return to the BBC SSO in March 2010 to conduct performances of Schumann’s Piano Concerto with soloist Angela Hewitt. His first performance as Associate Guest Conductor will include Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’s Piano Quintet.
Andrew Manze is in great demand as a conductor of symphonic repertoire but is also renowned as one of world’s leading baroque solo violinists. A leading specialist in the world of historical performance practice, Andrew Manze was Associate Director of The Academy of Ancient Music from 1996 to 2003, and Artistic Director of The English Concert. He is also Artist-in-residence at the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
He has regular relationships with a number of leading orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, City of Birmingham Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He also holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
His extensive discography has won him many awards including two Gramophone Awards, a BBC Music Magazine Award and a Grammy nomination in 2003. A fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and a Visiting Professor at the Oslo Academy, he has contributed to new editions of sonatas and concertos by Mozart and Bach. He also teaches and writes about music, and is a presenter of BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show.
Stefan Solyom, who steps as the BBC SSO’s Associate Guest Conductor in December 2009, becomes General Music Director and Principal Conductor of the German National Theatre and the Staatskapelle Weimar. He will continue to regularly conduct the BBC SSO as a guest conductor.
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