What is André Previn?
{{Infobox person | name = André Previn | image = Andre Previn (on In Tune, BBC Radio, 2012).jpg | birth_name = Andreas Ludwig Prewin | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|6}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|28|1929|4|6}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | citizenship = [[Germany]]<br>[[United States]] (from 1943) | occupation = [[pianist]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], [[composer]] | spouse = Betty Bennett (m. 1952–1958, [[divorce]]d)<br>Dory Previn (m. 1959–1970, divorced)<br>[[Mia Farrow]] (m. 1970–1979, divorced)<br> Heather Mary Hales (m. 1982–1999, divorced)<br>Anne-Sophie Mutter (m. 2002–2006, divorced) }} '''André Previn''' (born '''Andreas Ludwig Prewin'''; April 6, 1929 &ndash; February 28, 2019) was a [[Germans|German]]-[[Americans|American]] [[pianist]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], and [[composer]]. ==Life== André Previn was born as Andreas Ludwig Priwin to a Jewish family in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. He may have been born in 1930, but cannot be sure as his [[birth certificate]] was lost when he [[emigrate]]d to the [[United States]] with his family in 1939 to escape the [[Nazi]]s. He became a [[naturalized]] citizen of the United States in 1943. When he arrived in America he lived in [[Los Angeles]]. He started to be well known by composing [[movie]] [[sheet music|scores]] for [[Hollywood]] movies. In 1967, Previn became conductor of the [[Houston Symphony|Houston Symphony Orchestra]] and in 1968 conductor of the [[London Symphony Orchestra]]. He stayed with the LSO for eleven years. His television series ''André Previn's Music Night'' helped to make [[classical music]] popular in [[Britain]]. From 1976 to 1984, Previn was conductor of the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] (PSO), with whom he made another television series called ''Previn and the Pittsburgh''. He was also principal conductor of the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. In 1985 he became conductor of the [[Los Angeles Philharmoni