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  1. André George Previn KBE (/ ˈ p r ɛ v ɪ n /; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films , jazz , and classical music .

  2. Feb 28, 2019 · André Previn, who blurred the boundaries between jazz, pop and classical music — and between composing, conducting and performing — in an extraordinarily eclectic, award-filled career, died on...

  3. Mar 1, 2019 · A tribute to the versatile musician who composed for Hollywood, conducted classical orchestras and married five times. Learn about his early life in Berlin, his Oscar-winning career, his London years and his final decades in America.

  4. May 29, 2024 · André Previn was a German-born American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor, especially sympathetic to French, Russian, and English music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Previn’s family fled Nazi persecution and moved to Los Angeles in 1939.

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  5. German-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor André George Previn (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin, in Berlin) was for eight decades a hugely influential and prolific figure in jazz, as well as classical and film music.

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    • February 28, 2019
  6. Feb 28, 2019 · Andre Previn, who died in 2019, was a conductor, pianist, and composer of German Jewish origin who transcended his nebbish image and achieved musical excellence. He collaborated with many Jewish musicians and composers, such as Arthur Rubinstein, Itzhak Perlman, and Jerry Goldsmith, and recorded a 55-CD set of his works.

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  8. Feb 28, 2019 · André Previn died Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and music director of major orchestras.

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