Author: Bethy Squires / Source: Vulture
Academy Award–winning composer, conductor, and classical pianist André Previn has died. Previn died at his home in Manhattan. He was 89. Previn won four Oscars: two for Best Music (Gigi and Porgy & Bess) and two for Best Score Adaptation (My Fair Lady and Irma La Douce). As a composer, Previn did not limit himself by genre, churning out jazz, opera, and chamber music in equal measure.
According to the New York Times, many of his compositions were for his fifth wife Anne-Sophie Mutter. In his 20s, he was known as a “wunderkind in a turtleneck,” and…The post Legendary Composer and Film Scorer André Previn Has Died appeared first on FeedBox.