Andre Previn
Wins
10
Nominations
44
Category
Biography
"When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed."
- Born André George Previn April 6, 1929, in Berlin, Germany
- The multitalented pianist/conductor garnered success in the pop, jazz and classical genres and as a film music composer. He released back-to-back albums to hit inside the Top 40 with 1959's Secret Songs For Young Lovers (No. 16) and 1960's Like Love (No. 25). His highest charting single was 1959's "Like Young," which reached No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Previn won his first career GRAMMY at the 1st GRAMMY Awards in 1958 for Best Sound Track Album, Dramatic Picture Score Or Original Cast for Gigi.
- He was made an honorary knight of the British Empire in 1996 for his services to music.
- Previn was honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Andre Previn
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr Winner
Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade
Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Andre Previn, Reinhild Schmidt, Ulrich Vette, Mark Buecker, Jürgen Bulgrin, Reinhard Lagemann
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Classical Crossover Winner
Previn Conducts Korngold - The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, etc.
Sid McLauchlan, Andre Previn, Ulrich Vette, Richard Lancaster
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Chamber Music Performance Winner
American Scenes - Works Of Copland, Previn, Barber & Gershwin
Andre Previn, Gil Shaham
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Classical Album
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 And 2; Sonata For Solo Violin (Album)
Christian Gansch, Andre Previn, Gil Shaham
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Album)
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Classical Album
Barber: Violin Concerto/Korngold: Violin Concerto, Etc. (Album)
Christian Gansch, Werner Mayer, Andre Previn, Gil Shaham
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Best Jazz Performance
After Hours (Album)
Andre Previn
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album
After Hours (Album)
Ray Brown, Andre Previn, Joe Pass
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Best Choral Performance
Tippett: A Child Of Our Time (Album)
Andre Previn, Laszlo Heltay
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Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestr
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue (Album)
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Chamber Music Performance
Mozart: Piano And Wind Quintet In E Flat/ Beethoven: Piano And Wind Quintet In E-Flat (Album)
Volker Altmann, Andre Previn, Friedrich Faltl, Vienna Wind Soloists, Peter Schmidl
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Best Orchestral Performance
Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (Symphonic Picture) Cuban Overture And Second Rhapsody (Album)
Andre Previn, Suvi Raj Grubb
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Best Orchestral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 In G Major (Album)
Andre Previn, Suvi Raj Grubb
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Best Choral Performance
Britten: Spring Symphony (Album)
Andre Previn, Keith Walters, Richard Hickox
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Best Orchestral Performance
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (Album)
Christopher Bishop, Andre Previn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Album)
Christopher Bishop, Andre Previn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Album)
Christopher Bishop, Andre Previn
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Andre Previn, Arthur Oldham
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Chamber Music Performance
Joplin: The Easy Winners And Other Rag Time Music Of Scott Joplin (Album)
Andre Previn, Itzhak Perlman
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Best Orchestral Performance
Holst: The Planets (Album)
Andre Previn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Complete Ballet) (Album)
Andre Previn
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Best Choral Performance Winner
Walton: Belshazzer's Feast
Andre Previn, Arthur Oldham
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Best Choral Performance
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Album)
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Best Orchestral Performance
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 In F Minor (Album)
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Best Musical Theater Album
Coco (Album)
Alan J. Lerner, Andre Previn, Andy Wiswell
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Valley Of The Dolls (Album)
Andre Previn
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Best Orchestral Performance
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Album)
Andre Previn
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Chamber Music Performance
Franck: Sonata In A Major For Violin And Piano/Debussy: Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano (Album)
Andre Previn, Erick Friedman
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album
My Fair Lady (Album)
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album
4 To Go! (Album)
Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Andre Previn, Shelly Manne
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Andre Previn In Hollywood (Album)
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner
Andre Previn Plays Harold Arlen
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Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
A Touch Of Elegance
Andre Previn
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Best Original Jazz Composition
A Touch Of Elegance (Single)
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Pop Instrumental Performance
A Touch Of Elegance
Andre Previn
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Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner
West Side Story
Andre Previn
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Pop Instrumental Performance Winner
Like Young
Dave (David) Rose, Andre Previn
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Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture Or Television Winner
Porgy And Bess
Andre Previn, Ken Darby
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Record Of The Year
Like Young (Single)
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Song Of The Year
Like Young (Single)
Andre Previn, Paul Francis Webster
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Best Jazz Performance By A Soloist
Like Young
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Best Sound Track Album, Original Cast - Motion Picture Or Television Winner
Gigi
Andre Previn
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Pop Instrumental Performance
Young Man's Lament
Dave (David) Rose, Andre Previn
