“UTTERLY ABSORBING PERFORMANCES”

With the very last performance of The Beethoven Journey just a few hours from now, the musicians are getting in gear for what will be an emotional farewell. Meanwhile the UK critics have been paying tribute to the final residency in the four year project …...

PROMS: PIANIST’S ‘INTENSE’ RELATIONSHIP WITH BEETHOVEN

BBC news meets Leif Ove in rehearsal in London as he prepares for the final prom “For Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, his appearance at the BBC Proms on Sunday will mark the end of a “musical pilgrimage” which has seen him perform Beethoven...

LIVE ON BBC RADIO 3 FROM LONDON

Listen in to BBC Radio 3’s “In Tune” today at 17.30 GMT to hear Leif Ove live on air in advance of his first Prom concert with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Meanwhile all three proms concerts will be broadcast live on Radio 3 and streamed on the...

10 QUESTIONS FOR PIANIST LEIF OVE ANDSNES

The Arts Desk interviews Leif Ove in advance of the London Proms “Though perhaps not quite the “long strange trip” once hymned by the Grateful Dead, Leif Ove Andsnes’s Beethoven Journey has been a marathon undertaking. It has spanned four...

LEIF OVE ANDSNES FÅR EKSKLUSIVT PUBLIKUM

Close to 3000 tickets were sold in Bodø – in the far North of Norway – for Leif Ove and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s Residence there this week, the penultimate leg of their journey. The sold out concerts took place in the brand new Stormen concert...

JOURNEY’S END

This month sees the end to Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s four year long journey with Beethoven as it comes to conclusion in style with a residency in Bodø – in the very North of Norway –  which is immediately followed by a three...