“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...

STORMEN ÅPNER DØRENE

On Friday 14 November, Leif Ove Andsnes joined a star studded line up to launch the brand new concert hall in Bodø, in the North of Norway. Playing a movement from Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata on the hall’s new Steinway-  which Leif Ove had personally...

LEIF OVE IN INTERVIEW WITH MUSIK UND THEATER

“Happiness – Imbued with crystalline clarity, animated by a bright tone – This is Leif Ove Andsnes’ Beethoven. Never previously has the Norwegian pianist recorded the work of the piano Titans in the studio. For long he was convinced he was not...

“DOWNRIGHT SPLENDID”

As Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra gear up for their residency at the Lucerne Piano Festival next week, the Aargauer Zeitung reviews the journey on disc and comments: “Just to play – not everyone can do. Just to play and then in addition...

“LOOKING UPWARDS”

Leif Ove features in today’s Süddeutsche Zeitung in advance of his concerts this weekend with the Munich Philharmonic and conductor Thomas Dausgaard. “His touch is immaculate, round and clear. His most recent recordings are setting new standards in terms...