What is Andris Nelsons?
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2013}} [[File:Andris Nelsons.JPG|thumb|Andris Nelsons]] '''Andris Nelsons''' (born November 18, 1978) is a [[Latvia]]n [[Conducting|conductor]]. He is particularly known as the conductor of the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]]. ==Life== Nelsons was born in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]. His parents were both musicians. His mother started the first [[early music]] group in Latvia. His father plays the [[cello]] and conducts [[choir (music)|choir]]s. Nelsons learned to play the [[trumpet]]. He played the trumpet with the Latvian National [[Opera]]. He had always wanted to be a conductor. The conductor [[Mariss Jansons]] taught him to become a good conductor. In 2003 Nelsons became principal conductor of the Latvian National Opera. He stayed with them for five years. In 2006, he became chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie of [[Herford]], [[Germany]], for three years. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelsons, Andris}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Musicians from Riga]] [[Category:Latvian writers]] [[Category:Latvian conductors]]