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Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School, and holds both undergraduate and Masters degrees in music from Juilliard. His early teachers included John DeMaio. Litton started his conducting career with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, where he served as the principal conductor from 1988 to 1994, and is now its conductor laureate. He served for twelve seasons as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1994 to 2006, following which he was named Music Director Emeritus. Since 2003, he has been Artistic Director of the Sommerfest concerts of the Minnesota Orchestra, and in June 2008, his contract in this post was extended to 2011.〔Rob Hubbard, "Sommerfest artistic director Litton extends contract with Minnesota Orchestra". ''Pioneer Press'', 30 June 2008.〕 He has been Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway since 2003. In June 2008, his contract with the Bergen Philharmonic was extended through the 2010-2011 season.〔Charlotte Smith, "Andrew Litton extends his contract as Bergen Philharmonic music director". ''Gramophone'', 12 June 2008.〕 In March 2011, his Bergen contract was further extended through 2015. He is scheduled to conclude his Bergen tenure in 2015 and to take the title of conductor laureate with the orchestra. In June 2012, Litton accepted the post of Artistic Adviser with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra through the 2014-2015 season beginning September 1, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=John )〕 In August 2013, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra elevated Litton's title to Music Director, with immediate effect. Litton's recordings include a Grammy-winning William Walton's ''Belshazzar's Feast'' with Bryn Terfel and the Bournemouth Symphony, a set of Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos with pianist Stephen Hough, a live performance recording of ''Sweeney Todd'', performed with the New York Philharmonic, which received a Grammy nomination. Other recordings: a Decca Walton Centennial boxed set, the complete Tchaikovsky Symphonies with the Bournemouth Symphony, the complete Rachmaninoff Symphonies with the Royal Philharmonic, Sergei Prokofiev's ''Romeo and Juliet'' with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and many Gershwin recordings, both as conductor and pianist, with the Dallas Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, and Royal Philharmonic. Litton was a participant in Affiliate Artists Exxon-Arts Endowment Conductors Program.〔Holland, Bernard, ("Music: Young Musicians Sell Their Wares Door to Door" ), ''New York Times'', August 20, 1989〕 In 2003, he was awarded Yale University's Sanford Medal. On December 16, 2014 he was appointed music director of the New York City Ballet, and will take up that position in September 2015.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/arts/dance/andrew-litton-to-lead-new-york-city-ballet-orchestra.html?ref=arts〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Litton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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