Career

TELEVISION

2009

As himself on piano TV Special: Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mendelssohn

1998

Composer & conductor Great Performances on PBS: A Streetcar Named Desire

1994

Conductor TV Special: Kiri Te Kanawa: Her Greatest Hits

1974

Series original music with Tom McCal TV Mini-Series: Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS

2002–2006

Music Director Oslo Philharmonic; Oslo, Norway

1986–1992

Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; London, England, UK

1985–1989

Music Director Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles, California, USA

1976–1984

Music Director Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

1968–1979

Conductor London Symphony Orchestra; Barbican Centre, London, England, UK

1967–1969

Conductor Houston Symphony Orchestra; Houston, Texas, USA

FEATURE FILMS

1975

Composer of original music & conductor Rollerball

1970

Composer of original music and conductor The Music Lovers

1964

Composer of original music Inside Daisy Clover

1964

Composer of original music Kiss Me, Stupid

1964

Composer of original music Goodbye Charlie

1964

Composer of original music Dead Ringer

1963

Composer of original music Irma la Douce

1962

Composer of original music Two for the Seesaw

1962

Composer of original music Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962

Composer of original music The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1961

Composer of original music All in a Night's Work

1960

Composer of original music Elmer Gantry

1960

Composer of original music Who Was That Lady?

1960

Composer of original music, and performed as himself with the André Previn Trio The Subterraneans

1957

Composer of original music Designing Women

1957

Music supervisor, conductor & uncredited additional composition Silk Stockings

1957

Music supervisor, conductor & uncredited additional composition Hot Summer Night

1957

Composer of original music House of Numbers

1956

Composer of original music The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

Composer of original music The Catered Affair

1955

Composer of original music Bad Day at Black Rock

1953

Composer of original music The Girl Who Had Everything

1951

Composer of original music Cause for Alarm!

1950

Composer of original music Kim

1950

Composer of original music The Outriders

1950

Composer of original music Shadow on the Wall

1950

Composer of original music Dial 1119

1949

Composer of original music The Sun Comes Up

1949

Musical director and uncredited additional composition Border Incident

1949

Composer of original music Tension

1949

Composer of original music Scene of the Crime

1949

Conductor and uncredited additional composition Big Jack

1949

Composer of musical score Challenge to Lassie

MUSICAL FEATURE FILMS

1967

Composer of music Thoroughly Modern Millie

1964

Music supervisor, conductor & uncredited additional composition My Fair Lady

1960

Composed music for songs with lyrics by Dory Langdon Previn, his wife, and performed an original composition on-screen Pepe

1959

Music Supervisor, music adaptor and conductor Porgy & Bess

1958

Music supervisor, conductor & uncredited additional composition Gigi

1955

Music supervisor, conductor & uncredited additional composition Kismet

1955

Music supervisor, conductor & additional composition (for lyrics by Comden & Green) It's Always Fair Weather

1953

Musical director Give a Girl a Break

1953

Musical director and uncredited additional composition Small Town Girl

1950

Musical director and uncredited additional composition Three Little Words

TELEVISION: ACADEMY AWARDS SHOWS

1961

Musical Director 33rd Annual Academy Awards Show

1960

Musical Director 32nd Annual Academy Awards Show

1956

Musical Director 28th Annual Academy Awards Show

1954

Musical Director 26th Annual Academy Awards Show

Accomplishments of note

2009

On-screen as himself: A Bridge Between Two Worlds Documentary with André Previn as its subject with A film by Lillian Birnbaum & Peter Stephan Jungk

1991

Authored memoir: No Minor Chords: My Days in Hollywood A memoir of Hollywood from 1948-1964 with Publisher: Doubleday ISBN-10: 0385413416 ISBN-13: 978-0385413411

1983

Authored non-fiction: Andre Previn's Guide to the Orchestra Previn's introduction to the modern orchestra with history and uses of the instruments with Publisher: Putnam Adult ISBN-10: 0399128654 ISBN-13: 978-0399128653

Professional honors and awards

2011

Commander's Cross with Star Federal Republic of Germany Music

2010

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

2008

Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award The London Symphony Orchestra Marking his eleventh year as Principal Conductor

2005

The Glenn Gould Prize The Glenn Gould Foundation Exceptional Contribution to Music

2005

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Instrumental Soloist: Previn: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion

2003

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Classical Crossover Album: Korngold: The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood with the London Symphony Orchestra

1999

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Chamber Music Performance: American Scenes: Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin

1998

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Contributions to the performing arts

1996

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Knighted for Services to Music

1977

Grammy® Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Choral Performance: Rachmaninoff: The Bells with the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

1974

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Choral Performance: William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast with the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

1964

Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score - Adaptation or Treatment: My Fair Lady

1964

Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score - Adaptation or Treatment: Irma la Douce

1962

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group: André Previn Plays That Old Black Magic, Come Rain or Come Shine, Stormy Weather, Over the Rainbow and Other Wonderful Songs by Harold Arlen

1961

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group: West Side Story

1960

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Orchestra: Like Young with the David Rose Orchestra

1960

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Sound Track Album: Porgy and Bess

1959

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Sound Track Album: Gigi

1959

Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture: Porgy & Bess

1959

Grammy Award National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Best Sound Track Album: Gigi

1958

Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Music – Scoring of a Musical Picture: Gigi