Andris Nelsons
Born: 18th November 1978, Riga, Latvian SSR
Nationality: Latvian
Artist's website: https://andrisnelsons.com
Widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and versatile conductors of the early twenty-first century, Andris Nelsons was born into a musical family in Riga in 1978 and studied piano, singing and trumpet; he began his musical career as a trumpet-player with Latvian National Opera, where he went on to become principal conductor in 2003 following support and tuition from Mariss Jansons and Alexander Titov. He was appointed music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in autumn 2007 (‘Nelsons brings youth and vigour to the post, with, on this evidence, maturity and imagination of interpretative insight, firm control and eloquent persuasive powers’ – The Telegraph on his debut concert with the orchestra), where he remained until 2015 when he moved to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (recordings with Boston include an ongoing and much-praised Shostakovich cycle, the complete Brahms symphonies, and Sibelius’s Second Symphony). In 2018 he was appointed Gewandhauskapellmeister; his ongoing Bruckner cycle with the orchestra has been praised for its ’tremendous momentum’ (The Sunday Times),. ‘consistently superb playing’ (The Guardian), and Nelsons’s ‘direct, clear-sighted and spacious’ direction (Gramophone).
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Mendelssohn from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester
3rd Apr 2026
The Latvian conductor pays homage to his predecessor in Leipzig with fresh, driven accounts of the symphonies and major oratorios which embrace the DNA of earlier approaches without ever sounding self-consciously old-school.
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Shostakovich Concertos and Symphonies from Andris Nelsons
28th Mar 2025
For the fiftieth anniversary of Shostakovich's death, Deutsche Grammophon have gathered together all fifteen of the composer's symphonies performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director, alongside new recordings of all six concertos and the opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.
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Special offer. Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Finalist, Concerto
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphony No. 10
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st July 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Orchestral
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Orchestral Performance
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Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
Yuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025
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Mendelssohn: Paulus, Elias, Symphonies Nos. 1-5
Georg Zeppenfeld (Paulus), Andrè Schuen (Elias), Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd April 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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New. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Violeta Urmana (mezzo), Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
DVD Video: $28.00
