Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist, noted for his interpretation of Baroque violin music.
Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist, noted for his interpretation of Baroque violin music.
Born in Beckenham in Kent, England, Manze read Classics at Clare College, Cambridge. He studied violin and worked with Ton Koopman, his director in the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, and with Simon Standage, his teacher in the Royal Academy of Music). He began his musical career as a specialist in Early Music, and has recorded as a soloist for such labels as Harmonia Mundi. [1] He became associate director of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1996.[ citation needed ]
From 2003 to 2007, Manze was artistic director of The English Concert, with whom he recorded commercially for Harmonia Mundi. [2] [3] He has also conducted recordings on labels such as Onyx [4] [5] and Pentatone. [6] Manze was associate guest conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) from September 2010 to August 2014, and recorded with the BBC SSO for Hyperion. [7]
Outside the UK, from 2006 to 2014, Manze was principal conductor and artistic director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. He made a number of recordings with them, including Beethoven's Symphony No 3 (Harmonia Mundi), Stenhammar Piano Concerti (Hyperion), and a cycle of the Brahms symphonies (CPO). [8] In September 2014, he became principal conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie. [9] In March 2017, the orchestra announced the extension of Manze's contract through to 2021. [10] In February 2019, the orchestra announced a further extension of Manze's contract to 2023. [11] Manze stood down as chief conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie at the close of the 2022-2023 season. [12]
In September 2016 Manze stepped in to replace Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the opening concerts of Leipzig's Mendelssohn-Festtage. The Monteverdi Choir and soloists, including Lucy Crowe, Jurgita Adamonytė and Michael Spyres, sang Psalm 42 "Wie der Hirsch schreit" and the Symphony-Cantata "Lobgesang". [13] Gardiner has been critical of Manze's delicate violin playing style, allegedly declaring, in one tempestuous outburst: "Andrew Manze, Andrew Manze, Looks like a man, But bows like a pansy." [14]
In April 2024, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) announced the appointment of Manze as its next principal guest conductor, effective with the 2024-2025 season, with an initial contract of three years. Manze had first worked with the SCO in 2006. [15]
Manze has been a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and a visiting professor at the Oslo Academy. He has contributed to new editions of sonatas and concertos by Mozart and Bach published by Bärenreiter and Breitkopf and Härtel. He also teaches, edits and writes about music, as well as broadcasting regularly on radio and television. In 2011 Manze received the Rolf Schock Prize.[ citation needed ]
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