Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is an English conductor and violinist.Born in Beckenham, United Kingdom, Manze read Classics at Cambridge University. Manze studied violin and worked with Ton Koopman. He began his musical career as a specialist in Early Music, and has recorded commercially as a soloist for such labels as harmonia mundi. He became associate director of The Academy of Ancient Music in 1996.From 2003 to 2007, he was artistic director of The English Concert, with whom he recorded commercially for harmonia mundi. He has also conducted commercial recordings on labels such as Onyx and Pentatone. Manze was associate guest conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) from September 2010 to August 2014, and recorded with the BBC SSO for Hyperion. Wikipedia