HIGHLIGHTS OF THE VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN RESIDENCY

What the critics said: “A change from Beethoven’s five piano concertos – that might be the first impulse (to wish for). But on the first of three nights at the Vienna Musikverein it soon became clear that the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the...

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LUCERNE PIANO FESTIVAL RESIDENCY

What the critics said: “Their great affinity with this music could be felt at every moment: attentively relaxed, carefully familiar and with a sense of security without it being routine. That Andsnes was himself the conductor, led to no problems of coordination...

“SPARKLING WITH LIFE”

Norway’s Klassisk Magazine reviews Volume 3 of the Beethoven Journey “The recordings to date in Leif Ove Andsnes’ ‘Beethoven Journey’ have been revelatory, bringing up each work as fresh as the day it was written, thanks both to Andsnes’ solo work and the...

“EXEMPLARY”

Germany’s leading music magazine, Fono Forum, reviews Volume 3 of the Beethoven Journey “This recording’s two predecessors were celebrated widely throughout the music world as evidence of a largely perfect interpretation of the scores in conjunction...

“COMPLETELY CONVINCING”

The Müncher Merkur reviews Leif Ove’s performance of Beethoven Piano Concertos nos 3 & 5 with the Munich Philharmonic and Thomas Dausgaard “What we heard in this concert with the Munich Philharmonic at Gasteig, reached closer to the optimum approach to...

“COOL ELOQUENCE”

The Los Angeles Times reviews Leif Ove’s performance of Beethoven 5 and The Choral Fantasy at Walt Disney Hall “Three years ago the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes began a “Beethoven Journey,” a four-year project devoted to performing and...