“A FIRST CLASS MOZART INTERPRETER”

Drehpunktkultur.at reviews Leif Ove’s performance of Mozart in Salzburg with the Vienna Philharmonic and Thomas Hengelbrock. “… Then Leif-Ove Andsnes walked unpretentiously to the Steinway … and conjured one of the truly greatest Mozart piano...

“SUBDUED GLOW OF EXCITEMENT”

Reviewing the Munich concert the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote “The evening in the Gasteig Philharmonic was marked by D minor. With quite different musical Gods: Mozart and Bruckner, but with two musical performers of the same ilk: Andris Nelsons and Leif Ove...

“STAR PIANIST ANDSNES IS CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK”

Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat reviews Leif Ove Andsnes’ Helsinki recital: “Konsertti Pianisti Leif Ove Andsnes Kansallisoopperassa sunnuntaina. – Sibelius, Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin. Olipa kiintoisia ääripäitä viime viikkojen konserteissa. Ensin...

“OUTSTANDING RECITAL”

Seen and Heard International reviews Leif Ove’s piano recital at the Barbican in London “Leif Ove Andsnes is one of those rare pianists who seem to be able to play absolutely everything.  I remember listening to him at the Proms many years ago giving a...

“THE ‘LOG FIRE’ BURNING DEEP WITHIN”

Classical Source reviews Leif Ove’s piano recital at the Barbican in London “With Leif Ove Andsnes you get what you see: an artist of quiet deportment and no frills, technically consummate, hands close to the keyboard, keenly attuned to the smallest...

“THIS IS A UTOPIAN PLACE FOR UTOPIAN MUSICIANS”

theartsdesk at the Rosendal Festival: Schubert above a fjord: A half-Norwegian voyage around 1828 from Leif Ove Andsnes and friends “More than just a great and serious pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes is a Mensch. His special gift in recent years has been to bring...