CRITICS CHOOSE BEETHOVEN AS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Its that time of year when critics make their lists of CDs of the Year Gramophone’s Harriet Smith chose Volume 2 of The Beethoven Journey commenting: “Beethoven proved king this year; I was much taken with Trio Zimmermann’s supberly reactive readings of...

MUSIKVEREIN CONCERT TO BE STREAMED ON THE WEB ON 9 DECEMBER

Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra have just completed a three concert residency at Vienna’s famous Musikverein and their performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 and Choral Fantasy will be broadcast on Austrian radio’s Ö1 on 9...

TICKETS FOR TOKYO RESIDENCY GO ON SALE

On 16 December tickets will go on sale in Japan for Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s Beethoven residency at Tokyo’s Opera City Hall on 15 May and 17 May 2015. With an additional performance at the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center on...

FEEL THE MUSIC IN LUCERNE

Watch Swiss TV News’ report on Feel the Music from the Lucerne Piano Festival Source: SRF Tagesschau

“TOUCHING, DIRECT, SIMPLE AND SIMPLY HUMAN”

In advance of Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s Beethoven Residency in the Vienna Musikverein, the Salzburger Nachrichten takes stock of the Beethoven Journey as it comes to a conclusion: “What a project! For three and a half years, Leif...

“EVERY NOTE SPEAKS”

The New York Times reviews the last volume of the Beethoven Journey: “With this new recording, the superb Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes completes his “Beethoven Journey,” a multiyear project capped by his recordings of the five Beethoven concertos with the...