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Leif Ove Andsnes

Norwegian pianist and chamber musician

Musical artist

Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian pronunciation::; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. For his "Beethoven Journey" project, Andsnes performed and recorded all five of the composer's piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for Sony Cl*ical. He is represented by IMG.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Awards
  • 3 Personal life
  • 4 Discography
    • 4.1 LP
    • 4.2 CD
    • 4.3 CD (miscellaneous)
    • 4.4 DVD
  • 5 Biography
  • 6 Further reading
  • 7 References
  • 8 External links

Biography

Andsnes was born at Karmøy and studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory, making his debut in Oslo in 1987. He appeared in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi in 1990.

He is renowned as a champion of the works of Edvard Grieg. In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms.

In November 2009, Pictures Reframed debuted at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, in which Andsnes performed Mussorgsky’s suite accompanied by five hanging panels and a rear video projection by Robin Rhode.He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Apple Store in New York City.

Andsnes cites Dinu Lipatti, Sviatoslav Richter, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Géza Anda amongst his idols.

He helped found the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in 1991 and held the position of Artistic Director for the festival until 2010. In June 2012, he served as Music Director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival.

Awards

Andsnes has won many awards, including the Hindemith Prize Frankfurt (1987), Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (1997), Gilmore Artist Award (1998), Royal Philharmonic Society Award (2000) and the Gramophone Awards (six times). He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2013. His recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 4 with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra won both the Concerto Award and the Recording of the Year Award from the BBC Music Magazine in 2015.

Andsnes also received the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in 1998. Andsnes is one of only eight pianists who have received the award.

Andsnes has been nominated for the Grammy Awards on eight occasions, but has not won any.

Personal life

Andsnes' partner is Norwegian horn player Ragnhild Lothe. They have a daughter named Sigrid, born in June 2010, and twins Ingvild and Erlend, born in May 2013.

Discography

(For peak charting position on VG-lista, the Norwegian Albums chart, see NorwegianCharts.com page)

LP

  • Chopin – Smetana – Beethoven: Sonatas etc. (1987) Vest-Norsk Plateselskap 0087-14

CD

  • Nielsen: The Wind Chamber Music (1989) BIS-CD-428
  • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Symphony No. 7 (1990) Simax PSC 1060
  • Chopin/Schumann: Cello Sonata, Adagio & Allegro etc. (1990) Simax PSC 1063
  • Chopin – Smetana – Beethoven: Sonatas etc. (1991) Vest-Norsk Plateselskap 0091-0023
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1991) Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596132 4
  • Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 • In the Mists etc. (1991) Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596392 2
  • Chopin: The Piano Sonatas (1992) Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7590722 3
  • Grieg: Piano Sonata/Lyric Pieces (1993) Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7 59300 2 3
  • Brahms/Schumann: Viola Sonatas, Märchenbilder (1993) Virgin Cl*ics 0 777 7 59309 2 4
  • Janáček • Debussy • Ravel • Nielsen: Violin Sonatas (1995) Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 45122 2 3
  • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1995) Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 45173 2 7
  • Nielsen: Piano Pieces (1996) Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 45129 2 6
  • Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 • Fantasy (1997) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56414 2 7
  • The long, long winter night (1998) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56541 2
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc. (1998) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56583 2 6
  • Szymanowski: Król Roger • Symphony No. 4 (1999) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56823 2 1
  • Rachmaninov: Songs (1999) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56814 2 3
  • Haydn: Piano Sonatas (1999) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56756 2 0
  • Britten • Shostakovich • Enescu (1999) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56760 2 3
  • Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11 (2000) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56960 2 1
  • Liszt: Piano Recital (2001) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57002 2 3
  • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (2002) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57296 2 0
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 • 4 Lieder (2002) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57266 2 9
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 850 • 9 Lieder (2003) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57460 2 3
  • Grieg • Schumann • Piano Concertos (2003) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57486 2 1
  • Dvořák: Violin Concerto • Piano Quintet (2003) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57439 2 3
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 18 (2004) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57803 2 4
  • Schubert: Winterreise (2004) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57790 2 1
  • Bartók: Violin Sonatas (2004) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 45668 2 0
  • Bartók: The Piano Concertos (2005) Deutsche Grammophon 289 477 5330
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata D960 • 3 Lieder (2005) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57901 2 5
  • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (2005) EMI Cl*ics 7243 4 74813 2 1
  • Horizons (2006) EMI Cl*ics 0946 3 41682 2 9
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata D958 • Lieder • Fragments (2007) EMI Cl*ics 0946 3 84321 2 8
  • Ballad for Edvard Grieg (2007) EMI Cl*ics 0946 3 94399 2 8 / EMI Cl*ics 0946 3 94399 5 9 (Digital)
  • Schumann • Brahms: Piano Quintets (2007) Virgin Cl*ics 00946 395143 5 9 (Digital)
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 (2008) EMI Cl*ics 50999 5 00281 2 2
  • Schubert: Lieder (2008) EMI Cl*ics 50999 5 16443 2 1
  • Shadows Of Silence (2009) EMI Cl*ics 5099926418223 / EMI Cl*ics 5099926418254 (Digital)
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures • Schumann: Kinderszenen (2009) EMI Cl*ics 50999 6 98360 2 2
  • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 (2010) EMI Cl*ics 50999 6 40516 2 8
  • Schumann: Complete works for Piano Trio (2011) EMI Cl*ics 50999 0 94180 2 8
  • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 (2012) Sony Cl*ical 87254 20582
  • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2014) Sony Cl*ical 88837 05482
  • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concerto No. 5 • Choral Fantasy (2014) Sony Cl*ical 88843 058862
  • Sibelius (2017) Sony Cl*ical 88985 408502

CD (miscellaneous)

  • Movements (1993)
Andsnes/Antonsen/Mørk/ThorsenEMI Norsk AS SKR 0001Andsnes is represented with 5 piano pieces previously released on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993)
  • Andsnes, Antonsen, Mørk (1995)
EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 55576 2 9Andsnes is represented with miscellaneous piano pieces previously released on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596132 4 (1991), Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7590722 3 (1992)
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Symphony in C Minor (1995)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri KitajenkoEdvard Grieg Museum • Trold 08Andsnes is represented with Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596132 4 (1991)
  • Chopin for Dummies (1996)
Misc. pianistsEMI Cl*ics 7243 5 66273 0 7Andsnes is represented with Chopin's 'Mazurka In A Minor, Op. 17 Nr. 4', previously released on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7590722 3 (1992)
  • Cl*ical Sounds of Norway (1996)
Misc. artistsBare Bra Musikk AS BBCD 2001Andsnes is represented with the 1st movement of Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596132 4 (1991)
  • Delft Chamber Music Festival – Pettersson/Stravinsky/Schubert (1998)
Misc. artistsKoch Cl*ics 3-1651-2Andsnes is represented with Schubert's 'Nocturne in E-flat, D 897', previously unreleased
  • En annen sol (2000)
VampMajorStudio MSCD 1147Andsnes plays together with singer Anne Grete Preus on the previously unreleased song 'En annen sol'
  • Leif Ove Andsnes • A Portrait (2001)
Misc. artists(2 CDs) EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 74789 2 2All works are previously released on EMI Cl*ics
  • Piano Nocturnes (2001)
Misc. pianists(2 CDs) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 61952 2 6Andsnes is represented with previously released works on Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Cl*ics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993)
  • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (2002)
Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 16Relaunch of EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002)
  • Best of 2002 (2002)
Misc. artistsCl*ic fm CFMACD92Andsnes is represented with Grieg's 'Wedding Day At Troldhaugen, Op. 65 Nr. 6', previously released on EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002)
  • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of July 2003 (2003)
Misc. artistsGramophone GCD0703Andsnes is represented with the 4th movement from Schubert's 'Piano sonata in D, D850', previously released on EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57509 2 1 (2003)
  • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of September 2004 (2004)
Misc. artistsGramophone GCD0904Andsnes is represented with works previously released on EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Cl*ics 7243 5 45668 2 0 (2004) and EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 57790 2 1 (2004)
  • Venn (2005)
Misc. Norwegian artists(2CDs) Universal MusicAndsnes is represented with Geirr Tveitt's 'Welcome with honor', previously released on EMI Cl*ics 7243 5 56542 2 9 (1998)
  • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of November 2005 (2005)
Misc. artistsGramophone GCD1105Andsnes is represented with the 2nd movement of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 1', previously released on EMI Cl*ics 7243 4 74813 2 1 (2005)
  • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of August 2006 (2006)
Misc. artistsGramophone GCD0806Andsnes is represented with a conversation about Grieg, together with Rob Cowan, previously unreleased

DVD

  • The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary Piano Extravaganca (2004)
Misc. pianistsRCA Red Seal
  • Leif Ove Andsnes plays Bach & Mozart (2005)
Norwegian Chamber OrchestraEMI Cl*ics 0946 3 10436 9 7

Biography

  • Leif Ove Andsnes: I og med musikken (2005)
Written by Astrid KvalbeinReleased by Det Norske Samlaget, ISBN:82-521-6526-5

Further reading

  • Fisher, N (15 September 2007). "Old friends in high places". Music. London: The Times. Retrieved 28 September 2007.

References

  1. Tommasini, Anthony (4 January 2010). "In a Hall of Gl*, Performing for an Audience of Shoppers". The New York Times.
  2. Tommasini, Anthony (26 February 2015). "Beethoven From Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra". The New York Times.
  3. Tommasini, Anthony (17 November 2015). "Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Gives a Thoughtful Recital at Carnegie Hall". The New York Times.

External links

  • Norway portal
  • Cl*ical music portal
  • Music portal
  • Official site
  • General management
  • Leif Ove Andsnes Biography on EMI Cl*ics
  • Leif Ove Andsnes at NPR Music
  • Hear Leif Ove Andsnes in concert from WGBH Boston
  • Interview with Leif Ove Andsnes, January 1995

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