Identified early on as a gifted musician, Andrew Litton trained in the U.S. and then established himself as an outstanding conductor in England before returning to the U.S. to assume the directorship of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. As one of only a small handful of American-born, American-trained artists to hold an important podium position in the U.S., Litton endured a greater degree of scrutiny. He has enjoyed the benefit of conducting in remarkable concert halls and has been afforded extraordinarily vivid sound in his recordings. In 2015, he became the music director of the New York City Ballet. Litton, leading the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, issued the final volume of his Prokofiev symphony cycle in 2020.