“A CONSISTANT AND ELEGANT NARRATOR AT THE PIANO”

The Salzburger Nachrichten reviews the Salzburg Festival recital “The “stand-in” for Zimerman took over the evening, but this was more than just a “substitute”. The 42-year-old Norwegian Leif Ove Andsnes is one of the most exemplary and...

“LEIF OVE ANDSNES IS A SERIOUS FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH”

The Scotsman reviews the Edinburgh Festival recital The way that Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes looks on stage says quite a lot about his playing. Accepting justly energetic applause from the Queen’s Hall audience yesterday morning at the end of a demanding...

“UTTERLY SPELLBINDING”

The Herald Scotland reviews the Edinburgh Festival recital Rarely have the opening chords of Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata sounded so exciting – not for any melodrama or overblown muscle, but for sheer wide-eyed, joyous adventure. Norwegian pianist Leif Ove...

“ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PIANISTS OF OUR GENERATION”

www.seenandheard.com reviews the Edinburgh Festival recital Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, one of the most powerful and difficult works in the pianist’s repertoire, is more often than not the centrepiece or the culmination of a recital. To open a concert with it is a...

“A WORLD CLASS PIANIST AND A FULL HOUSE”

The East Anglian Daily Times reviews the Snape Proms recital A piano recital has the potential to be one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences. With two of the greatest composers for the piano, a world class pianist and a full house your evening is set...