Oscar and Grammy winning pianist and composer André Previn has died at the age of 89.
The acclaimed composer, who won numerous awards for his musical accomplishments, was composing new music until only a few days before he passed away, IMG Artists said in a statement.
The German-born musical prodigy who fled Nazi persecution with his Jewish family in 1938 to Paris and then Los Angeles, made his name as a jazz musician and writing scores for movies.
By the end of his career, he had become one of the prominent music figures in the second half of the 20th century.
Previn was married five times. In 1969, Previn became involved with Mia Farrow, the former wife of actor and singer Frank Sinatra and the future partner of movie director Woody Allen. Farrow and Previn married in 1970 and divorced in 1979.
The actress took to social media on Thursday to honour her late spouse.
She wrote: ''See you in the Morning beloved Friend. May you rest in glorious symphonies (sic)''
See you in the Morning beloved Friend. May you rest in glorious symphonies pic.twitter.com/r546GFcsyV
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) February 28, 2019
Kathryn McDowell, managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by André, said in a statement: ''André Previn is a hugely important part of the LSO story, long before LSO Discovery was established André Previn was reaching out to new audiences far and wide through television.
"A particular highlight for those of us lucky to be in the audience or listening on BBC Radio 3 in June 2015 was his glorious performance of Rachmaninov No 2 in his final concert with us.''
Previn is survived by his nine children - Matthew, 49, Sascha, 49, Soon-Yi, 48, Fletcher, 44, Daisy, 44, who he had with Mia Farrow; daughters Alicia and Claudia with his former spouse Betty Bennett; Lukas, 36, Li-An Mary, with Heather Sneddon.
