Andrew Manze
Andrew Manze has had dual careers, one in early music as a violinist and the other as a conductor in mainstream symphonic repertory. As a presenter on BBC radio, Manze has also been a key communicator between classical musicians and the general British public.
Manze was born on January 14, 1965, in Beckenham, near London. He attended Cambridge University, where he studied Classics. He moved on to music studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with both Simon Standage and Marie Leonhardt. Manze then joined the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, remaining there until 1993. The following year, he began collaborating with harpsichordist Richard Egarr. One of their major releases presented a 1712 collection of violin sonatas by composer Jean-Féry Rebel. Meanwhile, Manze formed the group Romanesca with harpsichordist John Toll and lutenist Nigel North; the trio specialized in music of the 17th century. In 1996, Manze was appointed associate director and concertmaster of the Baroque group The Academy of Ancient Music. From 2003 to 2007, he was the music director of another major historical performance ensemble, The English Concert.
Manze became a popular presenter on BBC Radio and made his debut with the BBC Proms concerts in 1998. That concert was televised nationally, with Manze playing concertos by Pergolesi, Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart and introducing the public to the enthusiasm and directness of the new ways of performing Baroque and Classical music. Manze was long a busy soloist on the international concert scene, appearing in one season with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the early music group Tafelmusik, and the Berlin Philharmonic.
As Manze's career progressed, he shifted mostly to conducting. Increasingly often in the 21st century, Manze turned to mainstream Romantic and contemporary repertory, leading traditional symphony orchestras rather than early music ensembles. From 2006 to 2014, he was the chief conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. After a sequence of guest appearances with top German, English, and American orchestras, he was appointed chief conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover, Germany, in 2014, and his contract there has been extended through 2023. He has taken up residence in Germany. The year 2016 saw the beginning of a Manze-led cycle of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018, he issued no fewer than nine recordings as a conductor and slowed only slightly in 2019 and 2020, when he led the NDR Radiophilharmonie in a recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, and Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. By 2022, when Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie backed clarinetist Annelien van Wauwe on the album Flow, his recording catalog comprised some 90 albums. In addition to conducting and performing, Manze has been active as a teacher, writer, and editor.
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Bach: Solo & Double Violin Concertos
Andrew Manze and Academy of Ancient Music
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 Jan 1997
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Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland
Concertos - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 Feb 1998
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.2 'A London Symphony' & Symphony No.8
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Symphonic Music - Released by Onyx Classics on 29 Apr 2016
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Albinoni: Concertos Op.9 Nos.1-12
Andrew Manze, Frank de Bruine, Alfredo Bernardini, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1999
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Schumann : Violin Concerto - Brahms : Double Concerto
Antje Weithaas, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Maximilian Hornung, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Nov 2019
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Mozart: Clarinet Concertos in A Major, K. 622
Annelien van Wauwe, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on 4 Jan 2022
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Lars-Erik Larsson : Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Andrew Manze
Symphonic Music - Released by CPO on 3 Jun 2014
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Tartini: The Devil's Sonata and other works (Andrew Manze)
Chamber Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 Dec 1980
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Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks
La Stravaganza Koln, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by Denon on 1 Jan 2009
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Schubert: Sonatas for Violin & Piano Op. 137 Nos. 1, 2, 3 & Op. 162
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 9 Oct 2007
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Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 49)
Seta Tanyel, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Nov 2009
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy & Other Orchestral Works
Lawrence Power, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 27 Apr 2018
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Johannes Moser, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 4 Sep 2020
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Fairest Isle
Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman, Andrew Manze, Phantasm, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 30 Nov 2000
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony' & 4
Andrew Manze, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Onyx Classics on 24 Mar 2017
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 11 Mar 2008
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Biber: Violin Sonatas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 Oct 1994
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Aulin: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Ulf Wallin, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Andrew Manze
Classical - Released by CPO on 8 Jun 2018
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Pachelbel Canon and Other 17th Century Music for Three Violins (Original Version)
Andrew Manze, John Holloway, John Toll, Stanley Ritchie, Nigel North
Trios - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Jun 2006
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Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Op.6; Concerto "The Cuckoo"
Andrew Manze, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2000
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FLOW - Mozart & Henderickx Clarinet Concertos
Annelien van Wauwe, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on 4 Jan 2022
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