Andrew Manze

Andrew Manze has had dual careers, one in early music as a violinist and the other as a conductor in mainstream symphonic repertoire. As a presenter on BBC Radio, Manze has also been a key communicator between classical musicians and the general British public. Manze was born on January 14, 1965, in Beckenham, near London. He attended Cambridge University, where he studied Classics. He moved on to music studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with both Simon Standage and Marie Leonhardt. Manze then joined the Amsterdam...