The portrait traces Andris Nelsons's steep career: The musical beginnings in his native city of Riga, his training as a trumpeter, his decision for conducting, his first position as chief conductor in Latvia at the age of only 24 and as successor to Simon Rattle at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Since 2014, he has been Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and in 2018 he was inaugurated as the new Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig.
Producer
Accentus Music GmbH
Co-production
MDR, ORF, LTV
Country
Germany
Directed by
Carmen Belaschk
Duration
31 minutes
Year of production
2019