Henry Jay Lewis (October 16, 1932 – January 26, 1996) was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and, later, the first African-American ...

Henry William Lewis (born 21 November 1988) is a British actor and playwright. He co-founded Mischief Theatre, responsible for The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Groan Ups, Magic Goes Wrong, Mind Mangler and The Goes Wrong Show, and co-hosts Riddiculous, an ITV daytime game show.

Henry Lewis (artist) (1819–1904), British-born American painter and showman; Henry Clay Lewis (1825–1850), American short story writer and medical doctor; Henry Jackson Lewis (c. 1857–1891), African-American political cartoonist; Henry Lewis (musician) (1932–1996), American double-bassist and orchestral conductor

Sixteen-year-old double bass player Henry Lewis made history in 1948 when he was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lewis was the first African American appointed to a major symphony orchestra and one of the youngest players in LA Phil history, period.

1996年1月29日 · Henry Lewis, who broke racial barriers in the music world as the first black conductor and music director of a major American orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, and as the first black...

2018年5月29日 · Henry Lewis, the former music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, was one of the first African Americans to rise to a position of prominence inside classical-music circles. A double-bassist by profession who worked under Zubin Mehta early in his career, Lewis led the Newark-based symphony until 1976.

Henry is an Olivier Award-winning writer, actor and is the Artistic Director of Mischief Theatre. Henry writes and performs for the company as well as producing.

It was late on a sweltering July afternoon in 1968, in a vacant lot in Newark, New Jersey, and Henry Lewis was making history. The double bassist–turned-conductor was introducing himself as the new music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), bringing Dvořák and Gershwin to a site that, a year earlier, had been wracked by ...

Born in Los Angeles in 1932, Henry Lewis would break racial barriers to become one of the most lauded conductors of his time. He was the first African American to lead a major American orchestra, and was invited to guest conduct the symphonies of …

2024年2月9日 · In 1968, 36-year-old Henry Lewis makes history when he is chosen, over more than 150 other candidates, as the first Black conductor of a major U.S. orchestra: the New Jersey Symphony.