7 May 2020
Released on 24 April 2020, Andrew Manze leads the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and soloist Martin Helmchen in a new recording of Beethoven Piano Concertos 1 & 4. This is the second release in their piano concerto series on Alpha, with Piano Concertos 2 & 5 released in 2019.
The… Read more
13 March 2020
Due to restrictions brought into place because of COVID-19, the following engagements have been cancelled:
27 March, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
1, 2 & 3 April, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
21 & 22 April, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
30 April – 3 May, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
10 May, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
14 & 15 May, NDR Radiophilharmonie
6 June, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony… Read more
6 February 2020
Andrew Manze will conduct the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) in Bruckner Symphony No.4 on 6 February. The performance will see Manze guide the orchestra through the evocative symphony, as well as Haydn’s Symphony No.90.
Manze will then conduct Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis on 15 February. He will lead the RLPO and choir through… Read more
10 January 2020
On 10 January, Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie release an album of Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh symphonies on Pentatone. While Beethoven’s Fifth is arguably the most famous symphony in the history of music, the Seventh counts as one of the most rhythmically-advanced pieces of nineteenth-century music; an “apotheosis of dance”, to quote Richard… Read more
11 December 2019
Andrew Manze concludes 2019 with two performances conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. With Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year commencing in 2020, the orchestra celebrate the great composer with his iconic 5th Symphony, preceded by two of his lesser performed but equally significant Symphonies Nos 2 and 4. The performances will take place in Edinburgh’s… Read more
8 November 2019
This November, Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie embark on a tour to China — the first time that the orchestra has been to East Asia since its successful tour in 2016.
During their trip they will perform at a number of concert halls including the Gansu Grand Theatre, Lanzhou; Shanghai Grand Theatre; Harbin Grand Theatre; Langfang Silk Road… Read more
11 September 2019
Andrew Manze brings the NDR Radophilharmonie to the BBC Proms on 13 September for a concert centered around the music of Beethoven. As the NDR Radiophilharmonie’s debut appearance at the BBC Proms, and first London appearance since November 2017, the concert marks a major milestone in Andrew’s five-year tenure.
Continuing the Proms’ founder Henry Wood’s… Read more
19 July 2019
This August, Andrew conducts the Mozarteum Salzburg in three concerts at the Salzburg Festival. On 5 August they will perform Leopold Mozart’s Litaniae lauretanae and W.A. Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with stellar soloists Carolyn Samspon, Marianne Beate Kielland, Benjamin Bruns and Douglas Williams.
On 10 & 11 August, they… Read more
3 July 2019
Andrew conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in four concerts at the Lincoln Centre this month. They will showcase Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Vilde Frang alongside Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in concerts on 23 & 24 July. Following that, on 26 & 27 July, they will perform Bartók (arr Willner): Romanian Folk Dances… Read more
12 June 2019
Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover bring their season to a close with a Czech-themed series of concerts in Hannover and Hamburg. The two concerts in Hannover on 13 and 14 June see Andrew conduct a programme of Smetana Die Moldau and the Overture to The Bartered Bride either side of Martinů Violin Concerto No.2 with… Read more
7 June 2019
Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radiophilharmonie in four concerts across Germany this month. Starting at Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen on 13 and 14 June, they will perform a concert featuring Smetana’s Die Moldau and the Overture to The Bartered Bride, Martinů’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor and Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 with violinist Frank Peter… Read more
16 May 2019
Andrew Manze steps in at the last minute this week to conduct two concerts with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra on 16 and 17 May 2019. Manze conducts the orchestra in a programme of Holst The Planets alongside Mozart Piano Concerto No.27 in B major with soloist Paul Lewis.
The concert opens with the premiere… Read more
14 May 2019
Andrew Manze takes the Camerata Salzburg on tour with five concerts in Austria and Germany from 24-29 May. They will perform Dvořák Violin Concerto with Joshua Bell alongside Sibelius Rakastava and Beethoven Symphony No.2 at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Dresden Frauenkirche and Wiener Konzerthaus.
1 May 2019
Andrew Manze conducts the Swedish Chamber Orchestra on 8 and 9 May at the Örebro Concert Hall. On both dates they will perform Haydn Symphony No.83,’The Hen’, and Anders Eliasson Saxophone Concerto with soloist Anders Paulsson. On the 9th, they will also include Haydn Symphony No.85, ‘The Queen of France’.
25 April 2019
The programme for the 125th BBC Proms season has been announced and Andrew Manze will return with his NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover for Beethoven Night on 13 September, in which he will conduct extracts from Fidelio and Symphony No.5, as well as Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor.
20 April 2019
Andrew Manze conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in a concert of Bruckner and Mozart on 26 April. They will perform Bruckner Symphony No.7 and Mozart Violin Concerto No.3, ‘Strassburg’, with soloist Veronika Eberle at the Philharmonie Luxembourg concert hall.
Andrew then travels back to Germany to conduct the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the… Read more
12 April 2019
Andrew Manze travels to the United States this month to make his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in concerts on 18, 19 and 20 April 2019.
Manze opens the concert with Concerto for String Orchestra by Graźyna Bacewicz, one of Poland’s most significant composers of the mid-20th century. Manze is then joined by… Read more
6 March 2019
Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie travel to the north of Germany and the Netherlands to give performances in Bad Harzburg, Northeim, Wolfsburg and Eindhoven. The concerts will feature Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with the pianist Francesco Piemontesi and will conclude with Beethoven Symphony No 7 or Sibelius Symphony No. 2, depending… Read more
22 February 2019
Today it was announced that Andrew Manze’s appointment as Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover will be extended by another two years, until the summer of 2023. Manze has held this position – which has been renewed once already – since 2014, and his collaboration with the orchestra has been hugely successful…. Read more
18 February 2019
Andrew Manze conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with pianist Francesco Piemontesi in a series of concerts across Scotland. They perform Stravinsky Concerto in D ‘Basel’, Mozart Piano Concerto No.19 and Stenhammar Serenade at Younger Hall, St Andrews on 27 February; The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on 28; and Glasgow City Halls on 1 March.
This follows… Read more
8 February 2019
Andrew Manze’s live recording of Mozart Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 with the NDR Radiophilharmonie is released worldwide on the Pentatone label.
With this first Mozart album, conductor and orchestra extend their successful Pentatone discography that already contains the complete symphonies of Mendelssohn, crowned with a 2017 Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. They plan to release Mozart Symphonies Nos…. Read more
1 February 2019
At the beginning of February, Andrew Manze will conduct the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonie am Gasteig across three dates. They will present Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphony and Mozart’s Mass in C with the soloists Jacquelyn Wagner, Julia Lezhneva, Julian Pregardien and Liang Li.
He will then lead the NDR Radiophilharmonie in two concerts at… Read more
7 January 2019
Andrew Manze begins the new year by conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in two concerts at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 10 and 11 January 2019. Together they will perform Mozart Symphony No.41 “Jupiter” and will be joined by Franceso Piemontesi for Brahms Piano Concerto No.2.
Manze and Piemontesi are regular collaborators and their recordings… Read more
1 December 2018
In December, Andrew Manze leads the Camerata Salzburg in a concert at the Mozarteum featuring Anders Hillborg Bach Materia, Mozart Requiem and Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV.104. They will be joined by the Bach Choir Salzburg.
19 November 2018
Andrew Manze led the combined forces of the NDR Radiophilharmonie and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in two performances of Britten’s War Requiem, first at the Kuppelsaal Hannover on 3 November and then at Liverpool Cathedral on 10 November. Click here to watch Manze and members of the orchestras talk about the project ahead of their… Read more
1 November 2018
Andrew Manze unites 300 musicians and choristers from Britain and Germany in two performances of Britten War Requiem this month on 4 and 10 November. Manze brings together the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover and choristers from Liverpool Cathedral and Hannover’s Knabenchor for two special concerts in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end… Read more
15 October 2018
Andrew Manze returns to the UK to conduct the Hallé in five concerts in and around Manchester from 17 October 2018. The programme features Dvorák Cello Concerto, performed by Jian Wang, Vaughan Williams Symphony No.2, ‘London’, as well as Manze’s own arrangement of Purcell Fantasian upon One Note for wind and brass.
Manze conducted the Vaughan… Read more
20 September 2018
Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in his first concert with the orchestra as their Principal Guest Conductor on 27 September 2018.
Manze is joined by violinist James Ehnes in a performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, which follows Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (orchestral version). The programme also includes Vaughan Williams Symphony No.9, which… Read more
24 August 2018
‘Andrew Manze – A Conductor’s Journey’ is a documentary on the life of Manze as chief conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie.
The documentary was first broadcast in December 2018 and is now available to watch online via the NDR’s website.
30 July 2018
Andrew Manze and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will present a London-inspired programme at the BBC Proms on 31 August. They will perform Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major ‘London’ and Vaughan Williams A London Symphony (Symphony No 2).
The concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
30 May 2018
Andrew Manze returns to Leipzig this week to conduct the Gewandhaus Orchester during their 275th anniversary year.
Manze will conduct three concerts, on Thursday 31 May, Friday 1 June and a family concert on Saturday 2 June. The all-Mozart programme will feature Piano Concerto No.20 performed by Lars Vogt, as well as a… Read more
30 May 2018
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has announced Andrew Manze as its Principal Guest Conductor, initially for three years, commencing with the 2018/2019 concert season.
In his first season as Principal Guest Conductor, Manze will complete the final instalment of his critically acclaimed journey with the Orchestra in concert and on disc of Vaughan… Read more
20 February 2018
The second instalment of Andrew Manze‘s Mendelssohn symphony recordings is released worldwide today on the Pentatone label.
The recording features two of Mendelssohn’s ‘mature’ symphonies: No.4 the ‘Italian’ and No.5 the ‘Reformation’. It is the second instalment in a cycle of Mendelssohn symphony recordings by the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover and Manze, its Chief Conductor. The… Read more
4 January 2018
Andrew Manze returns to Scotland to conduct the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in performances at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall and Glasgow’s City Halls on 18 and 19 January 2018. The concerts mark the continuing of a relationship described by the Arts Desk in March 2017 as “remarkably incisive”.
In these two concerts, Manze conducts the orchestra in a programme… Read more
1 December 2017
Andrew Manze conducts five performances of Handel Messiah with the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall this month, running from 12 to 16 December, with Joélle Harvey as one of the soloists. The performances will also feature the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Ben Bliss, and Andrew Foster-Williams.
Manze, Harvey and the New York Philharmonic… Read more
19 May 2017
The NDR Radiophilharmonie has won a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (see here) for their first CD with chief conductor Andrew Manze: Mendelssohn’s first and third symphonies on the Pentatone label.
This is the first installment of a cycle of Mendelssohn’s mature symphonies. Numbers four and five are ‘in the pipeline’, and no. 2 Lobgesang will be recorded in… Read more
11 May 2017
Andrew Manze’s recent performances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra have prompted a glowing profile in the Daily Telegraph (9 May 2017) by columnist and ardent Vaughan Williams fan Simon Heffer. The concerts were part of their ongoing project to perform and record all nine of Vaughan Williams’ symphonies.
2 April 2017
The Guardian newspaper gives five stars to the latest Onyx CD of Vaughan Williams symphonies in the cycle by Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (“exceptional playing”). (Click here for the review.) Later this month Manze and the RLPO reconvene in Liverpool to perform (on 20 April -… Read more
21 March 2017
Andrew Manze’s contract as Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie has been extended until the end of season 2020/21. (Details here.)
This year Manze and the orchestra make guest appearances in Paris and London, and finish recording a cycle of Mendelssohn Symphonies on Pentatone. The first CD,… Read more
11 October 2016
Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie embark on a tour of China in company with Sir András Schiff, performing Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms. There will be concerts in Shanghai (14 October), Tianjin (15), Beijing (16), Harbin (19) and Suzhou (21), and the final concert takes place in Tongyeong in South Korea on… Read more
12 September 2016
Andrew Manze steps in to replace Sir John Eliot Gardiner this week conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the opening concerts of Leipzig’s Mendelssohn-Festtage. The Monteverdi Choir and soloists including Lucy Crowe, Jurgita Adamonytė and Michael Spyres will sing Psalm 42 “Wie der Hirsch schreit” and the Symphony-Cantata “Lobgesang”. Details here.
10 September 2016
This evening Andrew Manze starts his third season as chief conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie with a concert in Hannover’s vast Kuppelsaal live on TV, radio and internet. With three thousand listeners in the hall and five thousand in the surrounding park, Soprano Angel Joy… Read more
16 April 2016
The NDR Radiophilharmonie has published its new season (click here): “over a hundred concerts, seven thousand subscribers and lots for our young listeners.”
16 April 2016
Andrew Manze has joined Thomas Quasthoff, Mousse T. and other prominent musicians as an ambassador for Hannover, UNESCO City of Music. See here.
13 April 2016
After a Printemps des Arts Festival, Andrew Manze performs Mahler’s fifth with the NDR Radiophilharmonie no fewer than five times in Hannover. On 17 April at 11:30 and 18:00 the symphony will be presented by Friederike Westerhaus, on 21 and 22 April it will be preceded by… Read more
13 March 2016
Andrew Manze travels to Austria this month to conduct the Grafenegg Festival’s Easter concert on 27 March 2016, for his Grafenegg debut. He conducts the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Mozart Symphony No.40 in G minor, Haydn ‘Berenice, che fai?’ with soprano Lisa Larsson and Haydn Creation Mass, with the Arnold Schoenberg choir, at… Read more
17 February 2016
Andrew Manze returns to Leipzig this month to conduct two performances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig on 18 and 19 February 2016. Manze conducts a programme including Haydn Symphony No. 93 in D major, Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Elgar Sospiri and Haydn Symphony No.94 in G… Read more
14 December 2015
Andrew Manze ends 2015 by returning to the Münchner Philharmoniker to conduct three performances of Beethoven Symphony No.9 at the Gasteig on 30 and 31 December 2015 and 2 January 2016, the orchestra’s first concert of the New Year. Manze and the orchestra are joined by the Munich Philharmonic choir and soloists Christian Karg… Read more
5 November 2015
Andrew Manze conduct the NDR Philharmonie as they embark on a tour of Germany and Austria from 19 to 25 November 2015. Beginning the tour in the orchestra’s home city of Hannover, the programme includes the Prelude to Haydn The Creation, Sørensen Trumpet Concerto, Haydn Trumpet Concerto (both with Tine Thing Helseth as soloist)… Read more
28 October 2015
Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radiophilharmonie in three concerts on 11, 12, and 13 November 2015 at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, the orchestra’s debut performances at the venue.
The first two concerts feature a programme of Weber Der Freischütz (Overture), Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 with Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder and Brahms Symphony No.2. In… Read more
24 September 2015
Andrew Manze returns to conduct the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on 8 October 2015 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. The programme features Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.8 in D minor, Robin Holloway Tuba Concerto with soloist Robin Haggart and Holst The Planets.
Later in the month, from 22 to 24 October, Manze returns to the UK to… Read more
7 April 2020
The first instalment of Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie’s Beethoven symphony cycle has been met with rave reviews. In the recording, released on Pentatone, Manze conducts the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 7.
Upon release, the Sunday Times chose the disc as their Album of the Week:
“The strings never… Read more
20 February 2020
Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 7 performed by the NDR Radiophilharmonie under the baton of Andrew Manze is The Sunday Times’ Album of the Week.
“The strings never sound too plush or saturated, giving these performances a feeling of contemporary freshness and interpretative zest. Manze is clearly working wonders in his German outpost.”
“The conductor’s period instrument background manifests… Read more
28 July 2019
Andrew Manze’s recordings of Vaughan Williams’ complete symphony cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) has received received a glowing review in The Telegraph, with Simon Heffer commending the recording’s “clarity of sound” as well as Manze’s “superior understanding” of the works:
“The cycle just completed by Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic on… Read more
14 May 2019
Andrew Manze was profiled in the online classical music magazine VAN this month. The writer Hartmut Welscher spoke to Andrew about his early days as a violinist and why he decided to change paths to become a conductor. The insightful piece quotes a number of prominent musicians who praise him highly.
Welscher says: “What’s so… Read more
16 November 2018
“Hats off then to the conductor Andrew Manze, who brought together the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and NDR Radiophilharmonie, both ensembles with which he holds posts, and a variety of choirs — here the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Knabenchor Hannover and Choristers of Liverpool Cathedral. The blended band, on superb form…”
The Times, November 2018
“The… Read more
2 August 2018
Andrew Manze’s return to the BBC Proms with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) and a pairing of the two great ‘London’ symphonies, Haydn No.104 and Vaughan Williams No. 2, has been hailed “another memorable Manze evening” (The Guardian). The conductor, who has been recording a cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal… Read more
8 June 2018
“Manze balanced the orchestra perfectly throughout. ”
“The journey Manze had captained was truly immense. So few of us have visited the Antarctic, but tonight we truly experienced it from our seats.”
Bachtrack, June 2018
Listen to a live broadcast of the performance on BBC Radio 3 (available until 6 July 2018).
23 March 2018
“Manze and the orchestra’s fine strings suspended time itself.”
LA Times, March 2018
20 February 2018
“The results are exhilarating: a fresh, dynamic ‘Italian’ Symphony, bursting with life and light, is followed by a ‘Reformation’ Symphony that is transparent, not weighty but deeply eloquent, its ‘Dresden Amen’ so uplifting that Wagner would directly copy it.”
Guardian, February 2018
“Manze brings a ‘period’ aesthetic to these marvellous works, both contrasting and revelatory. The… Read more
20 November 2017
“Manze draws out a fine Beethoven sound from the modern instruments of the Royal Liverpool Phil, strong yet transparent, and they play their socks off in support.”
The Guardian, November 2017
“An interpretation for the ages, one that stands proudly alongside the competition and, in many cases, faces it down. If you’re looking for a recent, modern… Read more
29 August 2017
“…energized and brightly coloured … Manze, with his precision of intent and well-informed commitment to the music, is clearly an orchestra favourite.”
Zeal NYC, August 2017
“…extraordinary precision and elegance with moments of exuberant joy jumping out.”
Berkshire Fine Arts, August 2017
11 May 2017
Andrew Manze’s recent performances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra have prompted a glowing profile in the Daily Telegraph (9 May 2017) by columnist and ardent Vaughan Williams fan Simon Heffer. The concerts were part of their ongoing project to perform and record all nine of Vaughan Williams’ symphonies.
29 March 2017
“Manze drew gutsy, visceral playing from the SCO strings … a vital, sharp performance of Beethoven Symphony No. 2”
Scotsman, 5*, March 2017
” the strings sounded notably good. Limber, alert, energised.”
Guardian, March 2017
“Manze drew a vibrant energy from the orchestra … was on tremendous form, playing with a raw energy under Manze’s sensitive… Read more
15 March 2017
“I can’t imagine more convincingly played and conducted.”
Sunday Times, March 2017
“Manze’s interpretive gestures and liberties – holding back at certain structural points, driving the tempo a bit in spots – pay off. They all make musical sense but, equally important, help elucidate the score’s internal logic.”
Arts Fuse, March 2017
“Manze is… Read more
15 April 2016
“This is the promising start of a complete Vaughan Williams symphonies cycle by the RLPO and Andrew Manze … Manze keeps a tight rein but lets the music blossom. The RLPO and its excellent soloists make a warm, lustrous sound.”
Guardian, April 2016
“Manze guides the music with affection and sensitivity, obtaining refined playing from the… Read more
20 February 2016
“Whatever the exceptional Andrew Manze asked for … was delivered in real time: wonderfully delicate strings, spotless, yet warm-sounding woodwind, and brass that was as pointed as it was disciplined.
The result was detailed and rich in contrast … Manze and the Gewandhausorchester allowed a secure sense of style, clever spontaneity and expertise … to… Read more
17 February 2016
“Manze, with unstoppable drive and energy, powered the SCO through incisive performances of Beethoven’s Coriolan and Prometheus Overtures with the SCO delivering the goods in clean, vibrato-free lines that took the breath away, while ensuring the mandatory bag of Beethovenian rivets gave the music teeth, bite, edge and rasp.”
Herald Scotland, 5 stars, February 2016
“Piano… Read more
25 October 2015
“…Manze generated genuine passion from both orchestra and chorus, sufficient ‘trump’ to raise the dead, victory was in his hands with honour and power to deny the grave. Tremendous sound to fill the auditorium!”
Seen and Heard International, October 2015
9 October 2015
“The RLPO sounded thrilling under an empathic Manze… Manze’s escape from the early music niche to become a brilliantly perceptive interpreter of mainstream repertoire has been an odyssey in itself, and his empathy with the RLPO, honed through an artistic residency last year, is remarkable.”
Guardian, October 2015
“Manze’s Vaughan Williams was beautifully imagined from the… Read more
12 March 2015
“More impressive still was the orchestra’s overwhelming singularity of attack and purpose: while Manze drew the first movement to its close, pressing ahead like a deranged general cantering over the volcano’s edge, his faithful cohort followed without pause for thought.”
Guardian, five stars, March 2015
“What an auspicious first outing for Andrew Manze with the London… Read more
18 September 2014
“In this centenary year, there has been much music, art, theatre and TV that has taken us back to the conflict. Sometimes we have been pulled right into depths of the trenches, sometimes we have been compelled to look through the long lens of history. This Prom, though, did something different. The freshness of… Read more
14 September 2014
“In concert, the conductor impressed – not only for his exuberant energy – but with a baton which always allowed for more attention than you could hope for, with great feeling for huge emotions and for the colours of individual works.”
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, September 2014
12 September 2014
“Music for Orchestra, the Vignettes and Lyric Fantasy deserve wider currency. They draw splendidly idiomatic playing from the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra under the inspiring direction of departing Chief Conductor Andrew Manze, who has developed into one of the most gifted present-day occupants of the podium. CPO’s sound is gorgeous.”
Gramophone, September 2014
6 December 2013
“The concert was certainly a personal triumph for Manze…Under Manze’s direction it was all energy and light: the first movement sprightly but still allowing room for genial exchanges, the second deliciously subtle but never self-regarding, the third full of Viennese cosiness but never tasteless, the finale fast but never overdriven. How… Read more
24 November 2013
“You could see and hear the pleasure with which the Gewandhaus orchestra responded to the slightly frenzied beat of the wonderful Andrew Manze, who made sure that this musical guide to the orchestra did not become a dry, academic exercise, instead presenting the audience with music that is rich and luxuriant, witty and ironic,… Read more
12 May 2013
“Manze sculpted lines of searing intensity through the densely loaded score ; there’s a clarity to the textures he draws from this orchestra that really focused and drove the symphony’s wayward energy… His choice not to overegg the extremes, and the orchestra’s bold responses, made this as forthright and coherent… Read more
25 January 2013
“Manze is a conductor possessed of a very keen intelligence who has clearly thought very deeply about everything he conducts. He has a sensational ear for detail, and he is a brilliant communicator into the bargain, both with the audience and with the musicians.”
Seen and Heard International, January 2013
28 October 2012
“The evening was little short of revelatory. Manze’s rapport with the orchestra is a pleasure to witness and draws some of the most concerted orchestral playing you’re likely to hear anywhere.”
Guardian, five stars, October 2012
22 August 2012
“The performance was shining and tight, responsive and lively but never exaggerated… The audience was ready for anything under Mr. Manze’s exciting direction.”
New York Times, August 2012
17 August 2012
“The three symphonies are works of tremendous compositional originality, too, respectively violent, rhapsodic and implacable. Hearing them together was a compelling and concentrated experience of the sort you rarely get in the concert hall. The credit for much of this belongs to Manze.”
Guardian, five stars, August 2012
“Manze’s heartfelt, insightful account, wonderfully delivered by the… Read more
5 May 2012
“You don’t often find freshness and innovation in performances of the Brahms symphonies, but Manze’s take is wholly individual: they burst with life, by turns wistful, yearning, sharp-edged and blisteringly incisive… Manze’s vision provides more than an “early music” approach to Brahms: this is the composer reinvented for the 21st century.”
Guardian, May 2012
“This is… Read more