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Stellar Reviews Following Leif Ove Andsnes’ “simply phenomenal performance” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
On Saturday 28 September 2024, Leif Ove Andsnes performed a riveting rendition of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Under the direction of Edward Gardner, the programme also featured...
LONDON JAZZ NEWS INTRODUCES LEIF OVE ANDSNES AND MARIUS NESET’S ALBUM RELEASE “WHO WE ARE”
"Celebrated Norwegian sax maestro Marius Neset and his compatriot classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes unite their skills to create an exciting hybrid, composed music that sounds improvised. That’s most evident on the title track of their album, Who We Are, written by...
LEIF OVE ANDSNES RECITAL TOUR “RETURNING TO NORWEGIAN ROOTS”
Geirr Tveitt was a true radical born the year after Grieg died. Much of his music went up in flames but ”Andsnes has long been a champion of what remains.“ (Gramophone) PROGRAMME Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 14 in A minor, D.784 Tveitt: Piano Sonata no. 29 “Sonata...
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The New York Times calls Leif Ove Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight,” and the Wall Street Journal names him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, playing concertos and recitals in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, while building an esteemed and extensive discography. An avid chamber musician, he is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, was co-artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades, and served as music director of California’s Ojai Music Festival in 2012. He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in July 2013, and has received honorary doctorates from Norway’s Universities of Bergen and Oslo and New York’s Juilliard School.
Two concertos figure prominently in Andsnes’s 2024-25 season. After recent performances of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, he reprises the work with Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and on tour with the Oslo Philharmonic. Similarly, after recent accounts of Rachmaninov’s Third with ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Orchestre de Paris, he performs it at Baden-Baden’s Easter Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic, on a North European tour with Italy’s Grandhôtel Orchestra Toblach, and with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, and London Philharmonic Orchestras. To complete the concert season, he joins the Czech Philharmonic for Grieg’s Concerto, the Barcelona Symphony for a pairing of Haydn and Franck, and the NDR
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Leif Ove Andsnes: The Warner Classics Edition (1990 – 2010)
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