Conductor Andrew Davis dies at 80, headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80.
Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday.
Davis had been managing the disease for between 1 1/2 and 2 years, but it became acute shortly after his 80th birthday on Feb. 2.
Davis was music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1975-88 and Britain’s Glyndebourne Festival from 1988-2000; chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1989-2000; then music director of the Lyric Opera from 2000-21.
He conducted the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America in workshops last summer, then at New York’s Carnegie Hall and on tour.
Related articles
Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Adams, Gio Reyna, Matt Turner and Tim Ream will be given the three weeks ahead2024-05-21Founder of beverage giant Wahaha passes away at 79
Zong Qinghou, the founder and chairman of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, China's leading beverage manufactur2024-05-21Cainiao, JD, SF among logistics firms on global march
Chinese logistics companies are ramping up efforts to boost delivery efficiency for cross-border par2024-05-21China’s rover makes first step on Mars
By Feng Hua (People's Daily) 09:05, May 28, 2021Models of China’s first Mars probe Tianwen-1 and Mar2024-05-21Four people killed in a house explosion in southwestern Missouri
GOODHOPE, Mo. (AP) — Four people in rural Missouri died when an explosion that could be heard 10 mil2024-05-21Xi's Article on Advancing Chinese Modernization to Be Published
Contact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom2024-05-21
atest comment