LEIF OVE ANDSNES LEADS ONLINE MASTERCLASS FOR RIGA JURMALA ACADEMY

LEIF OVE ANDSNES LEADS ONLINE MASTERCLASS FOR RIGA JURMALA ACADEMY

The Riga Jurmala Academy has announced that Leif Ove Andsnes will be leading an online masterclass with young pianists from the Baltic States. Andsnes was due to perform at the Riga Jurmala Music Festival this summer, and to teach in the Festival’s Academy. Instead,...
2020 ROSENDAL FESTIVAL CANCELLED

2020 ROSENDAL FESTIVAL CANCELLED

This year’s Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, which was scheduled to take place from 6 – 9 August, has become the latest casualty in the ever-increasing list of cancellations this summer, due to the current pandemic and government limitations on gatherings. The...
2020 ROSENDAL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

2020 ROSENDAL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

“When we talk about Beethoven we tend to focus on the grand, the struggle, the revolutionary. Yet there is also so much tenderness, intimate confessions, humour and ambiguity in his music. My hope is that we will experience the outstanding diversity of this...

SCHUMANN ALBUM NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY

Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes’ recording of Schumann’s Liederkreis  Op 24 and Kernerlieder has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Solo Vocal category.  The recording was also recently named Vocal Recording of the Year 2019 by both Australia’s...