MOMENTI DI POESIA, DI SINFONIA, DI TENSIONE

Via Cialdini reviews Beethoven in Brescia with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra “Leif Ove Andsne al piano ci ha regalato momenti di poesia, di sinfonia, di tensione e di una straordinaria melodia dando parole alle note del piano. Ha diretto la Mahler Chamber Orchestra nel...

CONSIDERING LIFE’S END AND WHAT COMES AFTER

The New York Times reviews the Carnegie Hall recital “Unless you are a poet or an undertaker, the notion of spending roughly two hours musing over death might not be high on your list of preferred ways to spend a Tuesday evening. Yet somehow the intense, insightful...

PASSION AND NUANCE

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reviews Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes in recital in St Paul “German baritone Matthias Goerne, whose recital Wednesday night at the Ordway Center in St. Paul was part of the Schubert Club International Artist Series, studied with...

GOERNE’S JUXTAPOSITION OF MAHLER AND SHOSTAKOVICH

The San Francisco Examiner reviews Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes in recital “Last night Goerne and Andsnes approached these song settings with a generally quiet sense of introspection, as if the objective had been to disclose the worldview to allow the listener...

ONE OF MUSIC’S HEROES

The Birmingham Post gives a five star review to Leif Ove’s Symphony Hall recital “A programme of wonderfully contrasting works exercised the imagination whilst a mixed audience, young and old, gathered in Symphony Hall to hear one of music’s heroes, Norwegian...

LE FEU SOUS LA GLACE

Altamusica reviews Leif Ove’s Paris recital “Combien de pianistes, dans cette génération de quadragénaires, ont-ils montré de constantes preuves de maturation, fait montre d’originalité dans leurs programmes et leurs projets comme le norvégien Leif Ove Andsnes?”...