The British conductor Andrew Manze’s work is characterized by his extensive knowledge of the repertory, his rare skill as a communicator and his boundless energy. Following a degree in Classical Philology at Cambridge, he studied violin and became a leading specialist in historical performance practice.
Since 2018 he has been principal guest conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. From 2014 to 2023 he was chief conductor of the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Hanover. He was also artistic director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Since 2024/25 he is principal guest conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
As a sought-after guest conductor worldwide, he also works with leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra.
In the 2024/25 season he has made his debuts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and performed with the Hallé Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This summer he returns to the Salzburg Festival.
He is a regular guest at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and has recently conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In 2023 he made his opera debut with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Schoenberg’s Erwartung at the Bavarian State Opera.
Andrew Manze has released numerous award-winning CDs as a violinist. The NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra has recorded many works by Mendelssohn and Mozart under his baton. Their first Mendelssohn album was awarded the German Record Critics’ Award. Andrew Manze has recorded the complete symphonies of Vaughan Williams with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and has been a visiting professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has contributed to new editions by Bärenreiter and Breitkopf & Härtel and also teaches, broadcasts and writes about music. In 2011, Andrew Manze received the prestigious Rolf Schock Prize in Stockholm.
