Litton, Andrew
Litton, Andrew
Litton, Andrew, American conductor; b. N.Y., May 16, 1959. He studied piano with Reisenberg and conducting with Ehrling at the Juilliard School in N.Y., and also received lessons in conducting from Weller at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Järvi in Hilversum, and Edoardo Müller in Milan. In 1982 he won the BBC/Rupert Foundation International Conductors’ Competition; then was the Exxon-Arts Endowment asst. conductor of the National Sym. Orch. in Washington, D.C. (1982–85), where he subsequently was assoc. conductor (1985–86); also appeared as a guest conductor in North America and Europe. On March 9, 1989, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in N.Y. conducting Eugene Onegin.In 1988 he assumed the position of principal conductor and artistic adviser of the Bournemouth Sym. Orch., with which he established a fine reputation. In 1994 he took it on its first tour of the U.S. before concluding his tenure with it that year to become music director of the Dallas Sym. Orch.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire