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Agence France-Presse

Andre Previn – the multifaceted musician whose work ranged from composing Oscar-winning film scores to playing jazz piano to conducting the world’s elite orchestras – died Thursday, his management agency said. He was 89.
The prolific German-American musician – who won four Oscars, 10 Grammys and a coveted Kennedy Centre Lifetime Achievement honour during his storied career – also had his moments in the glare of the paparazzi’s flash bulbs.

One of his five wives was actress Mia Farrow, who had been married to Frank Sinatra when she met the musician.
“We are deeply saddened to hear of the death this morning of our Conductor Emeritus Andre Previn,” the London Symphony Orchestra – where Previn once served as principal conductor – said in a statement.
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“He will be hugely missed by everyone at the LSO and remembered with great affection. May he always play all the right notes in the right order.”
The Recording Academy, which puts on the Grammy awards gala, praised Previn’s “ability to effortlessly combine genres.”

“Andre was an incomparable talent, and his legacy will live on through his countless compositions.”
Born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in Berlin on April 6, 1929, Previn was enrolled at the German capital’s Conservatory of Music at age six when his father realised he had perfect pitch.
The family fled Nazi Germany in 1939, moving to Los Angeles, where Previn’s great-uncle was the music director for Universal Studios.
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An accomplished jazz pianist, he began working at MGM in 1946 while still in high school.

During his illustrious career in Hollywood, Previn won four Academy Awards for film composing, including for Porgy and Bess (1960) and My Fair Lady (1964).
But he left the studio in the 1960s to focus on classical music.

See you in the Morning beloved Friend. May you rest in glorious symphonies pic.twitter.com/r546GFcsyV
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) February 28, 2019

“At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year, you knew you were going to get paid,” he told The Guardian in 2008. “But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it.”
“And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.”
Previn served as music director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as the Houston and Pittsburgh Symphonies, and frequently guest conducted worldwide.

“In the recent years, he occupied his brilliant mind mostly with composing and worked tirelessly on new commissions until only a few days before his passing,” his management agency, IMG Artists, said in a statement, adding that several of Previn’s new works would premiere “in the coming season.”
His collaborators included musical titans like American opera singer Renee Fleming and Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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“So very saddened by the loss of the great Andre Previn,” tweeted Fleming.
“The @NYTimes says his music knew no boundaries, but I would say that of his talent and humanity as well.”
His mercurial tastes for music also applied to women: Previn married five times, most famously to Farrow, with whom he had three biological children.
The musician had left his second wife Dory Previn – a lyricist and singer who wrote tracks for a number of films with Previn, including 1967’s Valley of the Dolls – for Farrow.
Previn also adopted three children with Farrow, including a daughter Soon-Yi, who in 1997 wed film director Woody Allen.
Allen was Farrow’s long-time partner after her split with Previn – so the marriage led to a major public feud.
“See you in the Morning beloved Friend,” tweeted Farrow, who posted several photos of her and Previn together.
“May you rest in glorious symphonies.”


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Eclectic musical virtuoso Andre Previn dies at 89, after a lifetime filled with Oscars, Grammys and wives

In this 1984, photo, Andre Previn conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Photo: AP

FILE PHOTO: Kennedy Center honoree Andre Previn is greeted by actress and former wife Mia Farrow following the presentation ceremony of the Kennedy Center Honors held at the State Department in Washington December 5, 1998. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo

FILE - In this 1971 file photo, actress Mia Farrow, left, and her husband Andre Previn appear during a rehearsal for a concert together. Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, died in his Manhattan home, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. He was 89. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)

epa07405100 (FILE) - Andre Previn (L), then conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, in concert during the Lucerne Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, 01 September 2004 (reissued 28 Februarty 2019). According to reports, renowned maestro Andre Previn died on 28 February 2019 at the age of 89. EPA-EFE/URS FLUEELER *** Local Caption *** 00267025

American pianist, conductor, and composer Andre Previn at the piano, circa 1965. Previn, former L.A. Phil music director and four-time Oscar winner, dies at 89. (Erich Auerbach/Getty Images/TNS)

Legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85 

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 24, 1983 German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (L) and harstylist Alexandre (R) adjust a model's outfit during his 1st Chanel's Spring-Summer collection. - German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, it was announced on February 19, 2019. (Photo by PIERRE GUILLAUD / AFP)

FILE PHOTO - German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears on the catwalk after his Autumn/Winter 2004/2005 high fashion collection for the Chanel fashion house in Paris, July 7, 2004. CPROD REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

In this photo taken on March 5, 2013, German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel acknowledges the public during the fall/winter 2013/2014 ready-to-wear collection show at the Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: Patrick Kovarik / AFP

C.Y. Lee, Chinese-born author of bestselling novel ‘The Flower Drum Song’, dies at age 102

C.Y. Lee in 2002. File photo: AP

The best-selling 1957 novel “The Flower Drum Song” explored conflict among first- and second-generation immigrants in San Francisco’s Chinatown

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Andre Previn conducted the world’s finest orchestras and composed music for Hollywood
He married five times, including to actress Mia Farrow, with whom he had six children



Andre Previn conducted the world’s finest orchestras and composed music for Hollywood. He married five times, including to actress Mia Farrow, with whom he had six children.


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Eclectic musical virtuoso Andre Previn dies at 89, after a lifetime filled with Oscars, Grammys and wives

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Andre Previn conducted the world’s finest orchestras and composed music for Hollywood

He married five times, including to actress Mia Farrow, with whom he had six children