Claudia Page Previn Stasny (née Previn; June 24, 1954) is an American singer, musician, actress, editor and graphic artist. She is the eldest daughter of American jazz and big band singer Betty Bennett Lowe and German-American pianist, composer and conductor André Previn

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, conductor of the Houston, Pittsburgh, and London Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon Previn's birth, her father wrote ''Lullaby On The Name of Claudia, Opus 170, No. 9a'', published in 1954 by

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and dedicated "to Claudia." The song ''Claudia'' was released again in 2021 in the ''Oldies Selection: Best of André Previn''. Previn is the stepdaughter of the late master jazz guitarist

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Early life and education

Previn grew up in Hollywood and attended

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and played guitar well by age 10.the She studied under her father as well. About musically instructing her at classical guitar and her younger sister on the violin, André Previn told the ''

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'', "When I help them it's from an abstract view which I like better than if I picked up the instruments and played." She and her sister joined their father on stage at the 44th Hollywood Bowl so he could show them where to put the basket of sheet music he would be using to conduct that evening. The childhoods of Previn and her sister Alicia, of splitting time between their divorced mother and father and their respective homes in London, New York and Hollywood, are included in the 2016 book ''Star Babies: The Shocking Lives of Hollywood's Children'' by Raymond Strait. In July 2024, Previn spoke at the Julian Branch Library about her parents and growing up in Hollywood, what she called "my soap opera life."

Career

Previn's editing advice is included in ''

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s "Shop Talk." She performed in fall 2023 in a “Night on the Town” Broadcast Live 1940s-style Radio Show at Julian Town Hall theater Previn is a member of the Julian Theater Company. Previn graduated from the

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in 1977 with dual majors in German Language and Literature and Art History. Previn sang, in costume, two songs, "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Save the Queen," at the House of England in 2014 to open an event in San Diego's Balboa Park. In 1995, she performed in Colorado in the Longmont Theatre Company's ''Much Ado About Chocolate'' in a quartet featuring Tony White, Terry Strassmann and Susan Nace.

Bibliography

Cover and book design

*''Dancing Girl: Themes and Improvisations in a Greek Village'' by Thordis Simonsen (1991) () *''The Motel 6 Chronicles'' by P. Dean Coker, Valerie Maxine Schneider ()

Book editing

*''Uncommon Occurrences: Actual Accounts of Extraordinary Experiences'' (2018) () *''A Walk In Faith: Following A Call Of The Heart Led A Common Man On an Extraordinary Journey'' (2015) () *''Give Bees a Chance: we need them to live'' (2015) () *''The Strange Disappearance of Walter Tortoise'' (2014) () *''UNfatally Dead: to thaw or not to thaw?'' by Wayne Edmiston (2018) ()

Personal life

Previn is married to Jeffrey Stasny, a jazz and blues drummer, and sings professionally with him. She lives in Julian, California.

References

External links

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Soon-Yi Previn’s 15 Siblings Ranked Oldest To Youngest

AllMusic's ''Claudia'', André Previn/Shorty Roger
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