WINTER MASTER CLASSES IN BERGEN – APPLICATIONS OPEN

Folllowing the huge success of this month’s Jiri Hlinka Piano Academy masterclasses in Bergen, applications have now opened for the winter masterclasses which take place from 28 January – 4 Febrary 2020. Joining Leif Ove Andsnes for these masterclasses are...

REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: OSLO PHILHARMONIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Leif Ove Andsnes and the Oslo Philharmonic have returned home this week following a triumphant European tour with chief conductor Vasily Petrenko, celebrating the orchestra’s 100th birthday.  Central to the programme was Grieg’s piano concerto – which also...

CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW: “A FRESH ACCOUNT” OF GRIEG

“Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor has been a concert hall mainstay since its 1869 Copenhagen debut. In recent decades the concerto has lost some of its formerly ineradicable status, the work’s big melodies and extrovert solo part seemingly too accessible...