Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965, Beckenham) is an English violinist and conductor.
Manze has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, since September 2006. He has made a number of recordings with them including Beethoven’s Eroica (Harmonia Mundi) and Stenhammer Piano Concerti (Hyperion) and a cycle of the Brahms’ symphonies.
As a guest conductor Manze has regular relationships with a number of leading international orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Munich Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Scottish and Swedish Chamber Orchestras. Manze’s future guest conductor engagements include debuts with Oslo Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Danish Radio Symphony, Residentie Orkest and Hallé Orchestra. In the United States, Manze makes his debut with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York.