LEIF OVE ANDSNES LAUNCHES THE 2017 ROSENDAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

“One of the joys of creating a festival programme is that it allows you to focus in depth on a particular aspect of a composer’s life and music. In 2016, for the first Rosendal Chamber Music Festival we focused on 1828 – the year of Franz Schubert’s death which...

LEIF OVE TALKS ABOUT THE GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

In its latest issue, Gramophone Magazine asks five leading pianists to talk about some of the most important piano concertos in the repertoire.  Leif Ove Andsnes was invited to talk about Grieg and you can read his introduction on the Gramophone website “Grieg’s...

NRK TV AT THE FIRST ROSENDAL FESTIVAL

If you missed Norwegian TV’s broadcast from the Rosendal Festival, audiences in both Norway and across the world can follow it on NRK-play. The feature will be broadcast again on “Hovedscenen” on NRK 2 on Saturday 3 September at 13.55 A wonderful...

LEIF OVE’S 2016-17 SEASON

After solo South American tour, Leif Ove collaborates with Marc-Andre Hamelin, Matthia Goerne, Berlin & Vienna Phiolharminics, and Boston Symphony: By way of an upbeat to the 2016-17 season, this month Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his first solo tour of South...

“THIS IS A UTOPIAN PLACE FOR UTOPIAN MUSICIANS”

theartsdesk at the Rosendal Festival: Schubert above a fjord: A half-Norwegian voyage around 1828 from Leif Ove Andsnes and friends “More than just a great and serious pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes is a Mensch. His special gift in recent years has been to bring...