Andris Nelsons

Known for Sound

Born

January 1, 1978 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvia

Biography

Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and in fall 2015, he was announced as Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, commencing in the 2017/18 season. With both appointments, and in leading a pioneering alliance between these two esteemed institutions, Andris Nelsons is firmly underlined as one of the most renowned and innovative conductors on the international scene today.