Andrew Manze is widely celebrated as one of the most stimulating and inspirational conductors of his generation. His extensive and scholarly knowledge of the repertoire, together with his boundless energy and warmth, set him apart. He held the position of Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover from 2014 to 2023, and has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra since September 2024.

Manze led the NDR Radiophilharmonie on highly successful tours to China in 2016 and 2019, and a return to Japan in 2022. Together they made a series of award-winning recordings for Pentatone, focused on the works of Mendelssohn and Mozart. He has also recorded a critically acclaimed cycle of the complete Vaughan Williams symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for Onyx Classics.

In great demand as a guest conductor worldwide, Manze has long-standing relationships with many leading orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Dresden Philharmonic. In the 2024/25 season, Manze will also make débuts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and return to The Hallé, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Salzburg Festival.

In North America, Manze has been a regular guest at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, and in recent seasons has conducted the Boston Symphony, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras . In 2022/23 Manze made his operatic début with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, conducting performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas alongside Schoenberg’s Erwartung. 

At Cambridge University, Manze studied violin and rapidly became a leading specialist in the world of historical performance practice. He became Associate Director of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1996, and then Artistic Director of the English Concert from 2003 to 2007. As a violinist, Manze released an astonishing variety of recordings, many of them award-winning.

Manze is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and Visiting Professor at the Oslo Academy, and has contributed to new editions of sonatas and concerti by Bach and Mozart, published by Bärenreiter and Breitkopf & Härtel. He also teaches, writes about, and edits music, and broadcasts regularly on radio and television. In November 2011, Manze received the prestigious Rolf Schock Prize in Stockholm.