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Andris Nelsons
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Andris Nelsons (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor. Nelsons was born in Riga. His mother founded the first early music ensemble in Latvia, and his father was a choral conductor, cellist, and teacher. At age five, his mother and stepfather (a choir conductor) took him to a performance of Wagner's Tannhäuser, which Nelsons refers to as a profoundly formative experience: "...it had a hypnotic effect on me. I was overwhelmed by the music. I cried when Tannhäuser died. I still think this was the biggest thing that happened in my childhood." As a youth, Nelsons studied piano, and took up the trumpet at age 12. He also sang bass-baritone, with a special interest in early music, in his mother's ensemble. He studied for one summer at the Dartington International Summer School with Evelyn Tubb. He served as a trumpeter with the orchestra of the Latvian National Opera. Conducting career: Nelsons studied conducting with Alexander Titov in Saint Petersburg, Russia and participated in conducting master classes with Neeme Järvi and Jorma Panula. He came to the attention of Mariss Jansons when he emergency-substituted with the Oslo Philharmonic in their trumpet section during an orchestra tour. Nelsons counts Jansons as a mentor, and has been a conducting student with him since 2002. In 2003, Nelsons became principal conductor of the Latvian National Opera. He concluded his tenure there after four years in 2007. His other work in opera has included his first conducting appeara
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Neujahrskonzert 2020 / New Year's Concert 2020 / Concert du Nouvel An 2020
Sommernachtskonzert 2022 / Summer Night Concert 2022
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Sommernachtskonzert 2024 / Summer Night Concert 2024
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From "Hamlet"
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C Minor
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9 – Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Parsifal Prelude
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude
Shostakovich : Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905"
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Neujahrskonzert 2020 / New Year's Concert 2020