| "AN EVENING OF BEETHOVEN, QUIET POWER"
22nd January 2012
The Philadelphia Inquirier reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Herbert Blomstedt
In an age that seems perpetually restless, where silence for some is an unnatural state of being, everyone deserves to experience the...
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| "MUSIC PRIZE SHOW ENDED IN SCANDAL"
16th January 2012
Norway’s annual music industry awards show called Spellemannsprisen started off with complaints from top classical artists like pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, and ended in scandal over the weekend, after one winning pop band made a racial slur against their prize presenters. Norwegian...
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| "RARE BLEND OF FLUIDITY AND CONTROL"
13th January 2012
The Boston Globe reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and David Zinman
The evening began with ... Weber’s Overture to “Euryanthe,’’ followed by Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes. This excellent...
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| "CURTAIN GOES UP IN KRISTIANSAND"
6th January 2012
The southern Norwegian city of Kristiansand was in the country’s cultural spotlight on Friday, when its brand new theater and concert house was finally ready to open. The so-called “Kilden i Kristiansand” now ranks as Norway’s next-largest center for the performing arts, and the...
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| 21C MEDIA PRESS RELEASE
4th January 2012
Leif Ove Andsnes Returns to US in January for Beethoven Concertos with Boston Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra, and Eight-City Recital Tour Feb 8 – 19
Continuing his multi-season “Beethoven Journey,” the celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to the US...
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| PERFORMING BEETHOVEN
21st December 2011
In advance of performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in Philadelphia on 19,20 and 21 January Leif Ove talks to Playbill in a feature where various artists weigh tradition and innovation when interpreting Beethoven. "How then does a conductor or a performer in the 21st century...
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| ARKIV MUSIC SELECTS SCHUMANN IN ITS BEST RECORDINGS OF 2011
21st December 2011
"In these scintillating performances, three splendid musicians – Leif Ove Andsnes, Christian Tetzlaff, and his sister Tanja Tetzlaff – convince you that the Schumann trios are consistently inspired and major scores."
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| "FULFILLED POLAR DREAM"
16th December 2011
Leif Ove is about to complete his last tour of the year - a "mini" recital tour of Norway. "Mini" in inverted commas because, although it is only a 3 concert tour, it has involved an epic journey from the most Northern tip of Norway to a small town south of Oslo.
First stop:...
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| LEIF OVE'S SCHUMANN CD NOMINATED FOR SPELLEMANPRIS
15th December 2011
Leif Ove's recording of the complete Schumann trios. which he recorded on EMI Classics with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, has been nominated for the annual Norwegian Spellemannpris - one of the country's most important CD awards.
Alongside Norweigan hip hop artist, Lars Vaular,...
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| "JOY EXUDED FROM THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SOLOIST AND ORCHESTRA"
2nd December 2011
The Montreal Gazette reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Roger Norrington
Sir Roger Norrington has a way with an audience. In explaining the change in the order of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal concert...
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| AND THE NOMINEES ARE ...
1st December 2011
The nominees for the 2011 Grammy Awards were announced live on CBS on Wednesday night and Leif Ove Andsnes' recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 has received two nominations - for "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" to Leif Ove himself and for "Best Engineered Album,...
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| "THE STANDING OVATION WAS RICHLY DESERVED"
30th November 2011
www.concertonet.com reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Roger Norrington
Patrons entering the hall for Wednesday evening’s concert of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) were surprised to see a chamber...
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| BENT SØRENSEN RECEIVES BASCA AWARD FOR "LA MATTINA"
30th November 2011
The British Composer Awards (BASCA) has announced its annual awards this week in London. Each year the awards - which naturally concentrate on British composers - chooses one foreign composer for the International Award. Danish composer, Bent Sørensen has been awarded the honour...
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| LEIF OVE'S PLANS FOR 2012 OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL (JUNE 7 – 10)
29th November 2011
As reported recently in the Los Angeles Times, the Ojai Music Festival has announced its plans for its 66th season, which features programming conceived by the festival’s 2012 Music Director, Leif Ove Andsnes, in coordination with its Artistic Director, Thomas W. Morris. One of...
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| "CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION"
26th November 2011
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review writes about Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Concerto No. 1
The Thanksgiving weekend concerts that Manfred Honeck began offering his first season as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have developed into a delightful tradition.
They...
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| "NORWEGIAN PIANIST LEIF OVE ANDSNES TAKES ON A FORMIDABLE REPERTOIRE
24th November 2011
Pittsburgh's Post-Gazette previews Leif Ove's performances of Beethoven
Leif Ove Andsnes is on a new journey, and this time it's not into the Hall of the Mountain King.
The 41-year old Norwegian pianist has already delved deeply into the music of Norway's most famous composer,...
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| "SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCES" OF SCHUMANN CHOSEN BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
23rd November 2011
Each year the New York Times selects 25 discs from the year's releases for their "Holiday Gift Guide" and Leif Ove's recordings are no newcomers to this list. Just in the last two years his recordings of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 and "Shadows of Silence" were both...
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| "PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY HOSTS NORWEGIAN PIANIST LEIF OVE ANDSNES FOR SPECIAL SERIES"
23rd November 2011
Pittsburgh's Tribune Review interviews Leif Ove in advance of this weekend's concerts
Rank does have its privileges. When Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, one his first thoughts was about the guest artists with whom he'd like to perform.
Naturally...
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| 21C MEDIA PRESS RELEASE
22nd November 2011
Leif Ove Andsnes Gives His First U.S. Performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto With Pittsburgh Symphony, Nov 25 & 27
The celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes gives his first U.S. performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred...
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| "JACKPOT FOR BERGENSK KULTURLIV"
15th November 2011
Bergen's Tidende newspaper reports on SKGJ's major new sponsorship package for the Bergen Philharmonic, Bergen Festival and Leif Ove Andsnes.
For første gang har Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen valgt å støtte kulturformål. Milliongaven på til sammen 19 millioner kroner fordeles...
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| KULTURLIVET I BERGEN FÅR MIILLIONGAVE
15th November 2011
NRK reports on the the Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen's sponsorship package, announced today in Bergen
Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen gir 19 millioner kroner til Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Festspillene og Leif Ove Andsnes.
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester får...
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| MILLIONS TO THE ARTS FROM STIFTELSEN KRISTIAN GERHARD JEBSEN
15th November 2011
Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen enters three individual sponsorship agreements worth NOK 19 million (2.4 million euros) with the Bergen Philharmonic, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Bergen International Festival.
The support from the Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen – which...
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| "OTROLIGT VACKER BEETHOVEN"
7th November 2011
Sweden's Göteborgs Posten reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Det visste vi sedan förut: att Beethoven är förvåningens musik. Men hur ofta ges det tillfälle att verkligen höra musiken spelad på det viset, med...
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| "FARLIG ELEGANT BEETHOVEN"
7th November 2011
Norway's NRK Radio reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra at Oslo's Opera House
Hovedsalen var like forventningsfull som den var stappfull. Dette var starten på pianistens flerårige Beethovenprosjekt, hvor Andsnes...
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| "DETAILVERLIEBTE WIENER SYMPHONIKER"
31st October 2011
Austria's Die Presse reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no.1 with the Wiener Symphoniker and Andris Nelsons in Vienna's Musikverein
Voraussetzung für eine Karriere sind Talent, ausdauernder Fleiß – und entsprechende Förderer. Über all das verfügt der 1978...
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| "UN ARTISTA ESPLÉNDIDO, QUE LOGRA EMOCIONAR"
27th October 2011
Spain's ABC reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in Valladolid with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
Dentro de la producción beethoveniana para este instrumento, el «Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 3 en Do menor» ocupa un...
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| "GUEST DJ LEIF OVE ANDSNES' LISZT LIST"
21st October 2011
NPR Radio celebrates Liszt's anniversary and interviews Leif Ove on "Deceptive Cadence"
Poor Franz Liszt. With all of his sparkling compositions, musical innovations and staggering virtuosity as a pianist — not to mention the 200th anniversary of his birth on Oct. 22 — it's still...
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| "OTRA DIMENSIÓN SONORA
20th October 2011
Spain's Diario de Noticias reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in Pamplona with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
ANTE la presencia de una de las grandes orquestas europeas, la expectación es máxima. La exigencia también. No...
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| "MESURA, EQUILIBRIO Y SATISFACCIÓN"
16th October 2011
Spain's Diario de Noticias de Gipuzkoa reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in San Sebastian with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
LA temporada clásica de la Fundación Kursaal arrancó con buen pie gracias a un plantel de alto...
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| "PODEROSO SONIDO"
16th October 2011
Spain's Diario Vasco reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in San Sebastian with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
No hubo fisuras, titubeos ni lugar a dudas. La Orquesta Sinfónica de la BBC, que inauguró ayer la temporada de Fundación...
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| "PIANISTA DE REFERENCIA"
14th October 2011
Diario Vasco previews Leif Ove's tour of Spain with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
Clásico y romántico. Británico, noruego y checo. El primer concierto de temporada de la Fundación Kursaal tendrá estas características y también una importante calidad...
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| "GOOD TO GO"
14th October 2011
The Times reviews Leif Ove's performance of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3 in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
Good to go: that’s the phrase, I think, that best describes the mood of the BBC Symphony Orchestra as bows hovered tensely over...
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| "TOP CHAMBER-STYLE PARTNERSHIP"
13th October 2011
Artsdesk.com reviews Leif Ove's performance of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3 in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
Pundits have always yoked architecture and Bruckner together, touting void and mass at the expense of the dynamic experience music...
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| "FINELY HONED, INTELLIGENT MUSICIANSHIP"
13th October 2011
www.classicalsource.com reviews Leif Ove's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek
The BBC Symphony Orchestra got into its 2011-12 stride uncharacteristically with two romantic titans, heart-on-sleeve...
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| COMMUTER PIANO MASTERCLASS
7th October 2011
This week has seen Leif Ove active in Bergen performing at both school children and university students events, breaking down borders and encouraging introductions to classical music for wider audiences. So it comes as no surprise to hear that he also appeared in concert at Bergen's...
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| "700 BARN MØTTE SUPERSTJERNE"
6th October 2011
700 school students came together for a special event in Bergen this week to hear Leif Ove play and talk to them about the value of classical music.
"Here in Bergen children and youngsters have the opportunity to hear a symphony orchestra and they should grab that opportunity....
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| FROM TOKYO TO BERGEN VIA THE STUDENT UNION
4th October 2011
Leif Ove recently returned from Japan where he performed in recital and concert together with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. The hugely successful tour was also something of a pilgrimage for Leif Ove, this being his first visit to Japan since the major earthquake and tsunami and he...
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| "HONESTY OF EXPRESSION, GRANDEUR OF SCALE"
28th September 2011
Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun reviews Leif Ove's Tokyo City Hall recital
I attended the recital of Leif Ove Andsnes, the Norwegian pianist who moves steadily forward while strengthening his position as one of the world’s finest musicians.
Andsnes’s playing has nothing to do with...
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| A BEETHOVEN JOURNEY BEGINS
7th September 2011
The music of Ludwig van Beethoven will figure prominently in Leif Ove Andsnes’s 2011-12 season and beyond, with numerous concerto performances and recitals across Europe, North America, and Japan, along with his debut recording for Sony Classical. His North American concert appearances...
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| "VITALITY, INSIGHT AND CHARACTER"
26th August 2011
The New York Times reviews Leif Ove's Schumann Trio recording with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
In some circles Schumann is regarded as having been best suited to composing suites, songs, fantasies and other genres that gave full vent to his teeming musical imagination. He was...
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| "SINGING OUT AGAIN, IN SYMPATHY"
21st August 2011
Leif Ove joins other Norwegian artists for a national memorial concert in Oslo
Morten Harket of the famed Norwegian rock band “a-ha” was among those performing at the National Memorial Ceremony at the Oslo Spektrum arena on Sunday, joining a long list of other musicians, actors...
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| AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
17th August 2011
This week brings two of Leif Ove's recent recordings back into the limelight. Gramophone Magazine in the UK announced that his recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano, has been shortlisted in the "Concerto" category...
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| "MAHLER-SZENEN: DER TOD UND SEINE KLANGFARBEN"
6th August 2011
The Salzburger Nachrichten reviews Leif Ove Andsnes and Matthias Goerne's recital at the Salzburg Festival
Innehalten, ausklingen, verschwinden: Im zweiten Satz seiner Klaviersonate in es-Moll hat Leos Janácek dem Tod einen Klang gegeben. Als Prolog zu den vierten Mahler-Szenen...
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| "SUITE DER GESTALTUNGSKRAFT"
2nd August 2011
Der Standard reviews Leif Ove Andsnes and Matthias Goerne in recital at the Salzburg Festival
Wenn Bariton Matthias Goerne Mahler-Lieder singt, marschieren Soldaten nicht nur in einer märchenhaften Vergangenheit. Dann wird das "Trallali, trallaley, trallalera" aus Revelge zum Soundtrack...
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| "SUBTILE KLANGWELTEN"
2nd August 2011
OÖ Nachrichten reviews Leif Ove Andsnes and Matthias Goerne's recital at the Salzburg Festival
Das Liedschaffen gehört wohl zum persönlichsten Denken Gustav Mahlers. Das wurde beim Liederabend von Matthias Goerne mehr als bewusst. Goerne hat nicht wie etwa Thomas Hampson einen...
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| "GRANDEUR NOIRE DE MAHLER"
21st July 2011
Le Temps reviews Leif Ove Andsnes and Matthias Goerne's recital at the Verbier Festival
Si la voix de Matthias Goerne était un instrument, ce serait un grand violoncelle. On y trouve une profondeur et une élasticité uniques. Lundi soir, le baryton-basse allemand chantait des lieder...
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| "ZUR ROMANTIK STREBT DOCH ALLES"
6th July 2011
Revierpassagen.de review Leif Ove's recital at the Klavier Festival Ruhr
Wenn sich der norwegische Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes ans Klavier setzt, spielt er nicht um sein Leben, sondern um der Schönheit willen. Die Klänge, die er dem Instrument entlockt, schweben uns zu und scheinen...
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| SUMMER MUSIC IN THE FJORDS
5th July 2011
The Daily Telegraph reviews the Risør Festival in Norway
There was a precious moment in this year’s Risør Festival of Chamber Music when I simply sat back and thought Wow! One of the artists had cancelled, and in her place came a countertenor previously unknown to me, the Australian-born...
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| TUSCAN SUN FESTIVAL
23rd June 2011
Check out the Tuscan Sun Festival which runs from 30 July to 7 August in Cortona, Italy. Leif Ove performs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (K491) on 6 August in a programme which also features the star young guitarist Milos Karadaglic. Other artists appearing in this star-studded...
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| "HABT MEHR MUT, IHR BLÄSER!"
10th June 2011
The Berliner Zeitung reviews Leif Ove's final concert as the Berlin Philharmonic's Pianist in Residence
Holzbläser und Hornisten können sich bei Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart bedanken, dass sie so reich von ihm beschenkt wurden. Für jedes Instrument schrieb er mindestens ein Konzert,...
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| "FRISCH GEBÜGELT"
9th June 2011
Der Tagesspiegel reviews Leif Ove's final concert as the Berlin Philharmonic's Pianist in Residence
„Recensent hat eins der wichtigsten Werke des Meisters, dem als Instrumental-Componisten jetzt wol keiner den ersten Rang bestreiten wird, vor sich“ – ach nein, das wollten wir...
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| LEIF OVE'S SUMMER CONCERT LINE UP
7th June 2011
21C Media Press Release
Leif Ove is currently preparing for a tour of summer festivals in Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy as well as song recitals in Germany, England, and Switzerland. Andsnes and German baritone Matthias Goerne will perform songs by Mahler and Shostakovich...
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| "DAS UNPRÄTENTIÖSE DES KONGENIALEN"
31st May 2011
Der Standard reviews Leif Ove's performance Brahms Concerto no. 2 with the Orchestre de Paris and Neeme Järvi at the Musikverein in Vienna
Wien - Das Geschäft mit Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung im Kulturbetrieb ist schon merkwürdig: Paavo Järvi gehört zweifellos zu den inspiriertesten,...
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| "FRISCHZELLENKUR FÜR BRAHMS MIT PAAVO JÄRVI"
30th May 2011
Die Presse reviews Leif Ove's performance Brahms Concerto no. 2 with the Orchestre de Paris and Neeme Järvi at the Musikverein in Vienna
Eigentlich sei das ja gar kein Klavierkonzert, sondern eine Symphonie mit obligatem Klavier. Seit der legendäre Musikkritiker Eduard Hanslick...
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| "ENTRE PAAVO JÄRVI ET LEIF OVE ANDSENS C'EST MIEUX QUE L'ENTENTE"
29th May 2011
Quobuz reviews Leif Ove's performance Brahms Concerto no. 2 with the Orchestre de Paris and Neeme Järvi
Comme dans tout concert symphonique qui se respecte c’est la symphonie, quand elle est importante, qui conclut en apothéose : ici la Septième de Dvorak, si sérieuse et prenante,...
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| BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 LIVE FROM PARIS
29th May 2011
Leif Ove's performance of Brahms Piano Concerto with the Orchestre de Paris and Paavo Järvi was broadcast live on both Mezzo TV and Radio Classique throughout France. You can watch the filmed performance on the Cité de la Musique website by clicking here
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| "THE ARTISTS' ARTIST: PIANISTS"
26th May 2011
The UK's Guardian newspaper has launched a new series of features in which interview artists about the artist in their field they most revere. The first of these features is about pianists and Leif Ove joins Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Stephen Hough and other fellow...
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| TOP RATING FOR SCHUMANN ALBUM FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
23rd May 2011
The best kinds of chamber music performances - and this superlative disc is among them - are the ones that combine a variety of different artistic strengths into a single complementary blend. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Christian Tetzlaff have collaborated as a duo for...
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| CLASSICAL MUSIC AS A POPULARITY CONTEST (REALLY!)
20th May 2011
Leif Ove blogs on NPR's "Deceptive Cadence"
There is so much classical music that works for kids: All they need to do is hear it often enough to connect with it.
Last year in Risør, Norway, where I am one of the artistic directors of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music, we...
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| "SIX COURSES OF DELICIOUSLY SATISFYING MUSIC"
19th May 2011
Brighton Festival reviews for Leif Ove's recital at Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne's acoustic is not so clear for piano, at least from the stalls, as for opera but this barely detracted from a memorable recital by Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, starting with an assured account...
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| "LEIF OVE ANDSNES UND DIE SCHULE DES INTENSIVEN ZUHÖRENS"
10th May 2011
Der Hamburger Abendblatt reviews Leif Ove's Hamburg recital
Leif Ove Andsnes ist das Gegenteil eines Blenders. Dem norwegischen Pianisten muss man schon eine ganze Weile lang zuhören, bevor einem aufgehen wird, wie gut er tatsächlich ist. Wer sich etwa an Beethovens Musik gerne...
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| "PERFEKT PERLENDE PIANISSIMI"
10th May 2011
Die Welt reviews Leif Ove's Hamburg recital
Leif Ove Andsnes steht so sympathisch und schlicht, so ganz ohne Allüren auf der Bühne, als wolle er wirklich nur durch seine Musik wirken. Die perlenden Pianissimi sind dabei die Spezialität des norwegischen Spitzenpianisten. In dieser...
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| "FRIO COME EL AGUA DEL RÍO"
7th May 2011
El Razon reviews Leif Ove's Madrid recital
El noruego Leif-Ove Andsnes (Karmoy, 1970) es un veterano en el ciclo de pianistas de la Fundación Scherzo: seis actuaciones desde 2001, contando la que acaba de ofrecer en el Auditorio Nacional. Andsnes es un artista de seriedad incuestionable...
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| "FARBMAGIE DER ÜBERGÄNGE"
1st May 2011
Der Standard reviews Leif Ove's recital at the Vienna Musikverein
Gegen greifbare Skepsis anspielen musste Leif Ove Andsnes am Donnerstagabend im Musikverein. Das lag allerdings nicht an seiner Person - dem norwegischen Starpianisten jubelte das Publikum im Goldenen Saal ansonsten...
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| "ALS HÄTTE MAN DIESE WERKE NOCH NIE GEHÖRT"
30th April 2011
The Wiener Zeitung reviews Leif Ove's recital at the Vienna Musikverein
Die Geburt der Musik miterleben
Was aber das ganz Besondere seiner Kunst ausmacht: Dass er dem Hörer das Gefühl gibt, unmittelbar die Geburt der Musik mitzuerleben. Und noch bei den bekanntesten Kompositionen...
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| FOR THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN
28th April 2011
In a letter circulated to fellow musicians earlier this month Yo Yo Ma wrote:
Dear Friends,
As the people of Japan continue to endure profound hardship, I have been thinking, as so many people have, about how culture can respond in a way that is directly meaningful. Is there...
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| "MELLOW, MOODY AND ROBUST"
27th April 2011
The Los Angeles Times reviews Leif Ove's recording of the Schumann Piano Trios with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
For no good reason, Schumann’s chamber music has been slow to gain a wide following with the public or even performers. The piano quartet and quintet are standards,...
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| LEIF OVE TO DIRECT THE 2012 OJAI FESTIVAL IN CALIFORNIA
22nd April 2011
Each year, the Ojai Music Festival selects a new music director who is invited to choose the programming for the annual new-music event held in the Californian hills of Ventura County. Leif Ove has been confirmed as the leader for next year's festival, which is scheduled to take...
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| "ABSCHIED NACH DEM ABSCHIED"
21st April 2011
Neues Deutschland reviews Leif Ove's Berlin Philharmonie recital
Am Brauch der Zugabe scheiden sich die Geister. Manche Besucher wollen sich den Konzertgenuss nicht mit Stücken meist leichteren Kalibers verwässern. Andere freuen sich, wenn der Solist – nach dem Haupt-Act feierabendlich...
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| "GLÜCK DER KLARHEIT"
20th April 2011
Der Tagesspiegel reviews Leif Ove's Berlin Philharmonie recital
Fast gibt es standing ovations für Leif Ove Andsnes im Kammermusiksaal. Aber ein Großteil der Leute bleibt dann doch sitzen. Dabei hat der pianist in residence gerade als letzte Zugabe einen so funkelnden, intelligent...
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| "BEETHOVEN OHNE BOOGIE WOOGIE"
20th April 2011
The Berliner Zeitung reviews Leif Ove's Berlin Philharmonie recital
Leif Ove Andsnes gibt einen fulminanten Klavierabend im Kammermusiksaal
Im Musizieren gedanklich über die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des eigenen Instruments hinauszudenken: Dies ist die Fähigkeit, die Leif Ove...
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| TOP MARKS FOR SCHUMANN
15th April 2011
Germany's NDR Radio reviews Leif Ove's recording of the Schumann Piano Trios with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
Robert Schumann wird vor allem als Lied-Komponist und Sinfoniker geschätzt. Dabei hat er auch großartige Kammermusik-Werke komponiert: Seine drei Streichquartette, das...
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| "SETTER NY STANDARD"
13th April 2011
Norway's Bergens Tidende reviews the Schumann Piano Trio release
Sterk og livskraftig triomusikk som nyanserer bildet av Schumann
Han var best når han skrev korte sanger eller musikk for soloklaver. De store, klassiske formene var ikke hans sak. Det sa man lenge om Robert Schumann.
Og...
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| NRK KLASSISK - RAGNHILDS LYDSPOR
13th April 2011
Ranghild Veire reviews the new Schumann disc on Norwegian Radio
Leif Ove Andsnes er ute med ny CD, denne gang sammen med en av de musikerne han har samarbeidet tettest med opp gjennom karrieren; den tyske fiolinisten Christian Tetzlaff. Sammen med Tetzlaffs søster, cellisten Tanja,...
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| "CRITICAL THINKING"
11th April 2011
Chicago journalist Andrew Patner in conversation with Leif Ove on WFMT Radio
Click here to listen to the interview in which Leif Ove talks about fatherhood, turning 41, Grieg...
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| "NORWEGIAN PIANIST TAKES A DEEPER DIP INTO BEETHOVEN"
9th April 2011
The New York Times reviews Leif Ove's Carnegie Hall recital
Most pianists make the Beethoven piano sonatas staples of their repertories. Even pianists of a Romantic bent for whom Beethoven is not a specialty usually play some of these touchstone works.
Yet until recently, the...
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| "THREE'S A COMPANY, NOT A CROWD"
8th April 2011
First reviews appear for Leif Ove's new recording of the complete Schumann Piano Trios with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
The new Schumann recording is released by EMI Classics on 11th April and, gearing up for release, the Austrian critics have already lavished praise on the...
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| "HUMANITY MEETS DIVINITY"
8th April 2011
concertonet.com reviews Leif Ove's New York recital
How glib it would be to say that the first three pieces by Leif Ove Andsnes last night were merely preludes to the final monumental Opus 111 of Beethoven. Yet glib I must be. The Norwegian pianist, one of the most original and...
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| "A DISPARATE PROGRAM HELD TOGETHER BY STYLISTIC ELEGANCE AND SOVEREIGNTY OF EACH PIECE'S CHARACTERISTICS"
7th April 2011
www.Sequenza21.com reviews Leif Ove's Chicago recital
While visiting Chicago, I heard that the personable and very handsome Andsnes, one of Europe’s finest pianistic exports, who has acquired seven Grammy Award nominations and many international awards, was in town for a concert...
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| "THE MOUNT EVEREST OF BEETHOVEN'S SONATAS"
6th April 2011
"Chicago Classical Review" attends Leif Ove's recital
Following his memorable account of the Brahms Second Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony in February, Leif Ove Andsnes returned to Orchestra Hall Sunday afternoon for a recital that bookended music of Brahms and Schoenberg...
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| BOSTON RECITAL CANCELLATION
1st April 2011
Due to illness Leif Ove Andsnes has had to cancel his Boston recital tonight, 1 April. He has every expectation to be well again in time for his Chicago recital on 3 April....
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| "ANDSNES'S EVENING OF CONTRASTS"
31st March 2011
Leif Ove talks to the Boston Globe in advance of his US recital tour
Some concert programs follow a theme, while others thrive on deeper, more obscure linkages among works. Still others operate like a kind of fusion cuisine, bringing dissimilar works into close proximity, just...
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| "BRUTALE BEETHOVEN SONATE"
30th March 2011
Denmark's Kristeligt Dagblad reviews Leif Ove's recital in support of Amnesty International
"Leif Ove Andsnes er en teknisk ekvilibristisk pianist, der sværger til en rå, ligefrem spillestil. Det gav han prøver på i mandags ved en koncert til fordel for Amnesty International.
"Den...
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| "LEIF OVE ANDSNES DELIVERED BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS WITH EQUAL PARTS BRAWN AND POETRY"
30th March 2011
Denmark's Jyllands Posten reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen recital in support of Amnesty International
En fyldt sal lyttede – og støttede Amnesty – da norske Leif Ove Andsnes mandag aften afleverede Beethovens og Brahms’ soloklaverværker med lige dele råstyrke og poesi.
Leif Ove...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES SIGNS EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH SONY CLASSICAL
28th March 2011
Sony Classical is pleased to announce an exclusive agreement with the celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to record the full cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Born in 1970, Andsnes has been performing internationally since he was nineteen...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES EMBARKS ON MAJOR EUROPEAN AND US RECITAL TOUR
27th March 2011
Commencing March 28, Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on a major solo recital tour which he launches in Copenhagen (for the benefit of Amnesty International) and Bergen before heading to the U.S. for performances in Boston, MA (April 1), Chicago, IL (April 3), Champaign-Urbana, IL (April...
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| BRAHMS IN BERLIN - "A MUSICAL FEAT"
21st March 2011
Leif Ove Andsnes has just returned from Berlin where he performed Brahms' Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink. As this year's Pianist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic these concerts were one of the highlights of the season and marked the...
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| "DER PRÄSIDENT UND SEIN GAST"
20th March 2011
Deutschland Radio reviews Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
Da haben sich zwei gefunden: Bernard Haitink, seit bald 50 Jahren einer der beliebtesten Gastdirigenten der Berliner Philharmoniker, und der aktuelle...
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| "ER SPIELT MIT FEUER UND SEELE"
18th March 2011
The Berliner Morgenpost reviews Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
Mitunter scheint es, als gäbe es eine Altersweisheit des Taktstocks. Der 82-jährige Haitink besitzt sie. Wie er den Orchesterfuror des monumental...
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| "GLAUBENFRAGEN"
18th March 2011
Der Tagessspiegel reviews Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
Selbstverständlich wollen sich auch die Philharmoniker dieser Tage für Japan engagieren, sie, die das Land seit 1957 regelmäßig bereisen (wenngleich...
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| "VERWALTER IN DER GEFAHRENZONE"
18th March 2011
The Berliner Zeitung reviews Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
Unter den großen Dirigenten war Bernard Haitink immer der, zu dem der Kritik so gar nichts einfallen wollte. Jedes Jahr schaut er bei den Berliner...
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| LEIF OVE FEATURED IN CNN'S ICON SERIES ON 26 & 27 FEBRUARY
24th February 2011
This month's CNN "Icon" programme focuses on the Berlin Philharmonic and features Leif Ove who is this season's Pianist-in-Residence. CNN caught up with him in Amsterdam earlier this month where Myleene Klass talked to him about performing with one of the world's most prized orchestras...
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| "ANOTHER PINCH-HIT WIN FOR CSO"
19th February 2011
The Chicago Sun Times reports on Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda
Riccardo Muti has demonstrated that his unique spirit animates activities at Orchestra Hall even during his absence. The commitment...
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| "ANDSNES' COMMANDING BRAHMS LIFTS MUTI-LESS CSO CONCERT OUT OF THE ORDINARY
18th February 2011
The Chicago Tribune reports on Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda
So many twists and turns have been packed into the Riccardo Muti saga over the last three weeks as to make this one of the most momentous...
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| "ANDSNES' MEMORABLE BRAHMS BLENDS INTIMACY AND BRAVURA WITH CSO"
17th February 2011
The Chicago Classical Review reports on Leif Ove's performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda
This week’s retooled Chicago Symphony Orchestra program was made less venturesome than that originally intended by the ailing...
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| "HARMONIE SUR LES SOMMETS"
16th February 2011
France's altamusica.com reviews Leif Ove's Paris performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto K491 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
On s’est souvent extasié sur la qualité particulièrement confortable des cordes de cette formation qui reste l’une des cinq meilleures...
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| CRISE DU CONCERT?
16th February 2011
France's Le Monde reviews Leif Ove's Paris performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto K491 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Crise du concert ? Mort de la musique classique ? Ce n'était pas le cas ce lundi 14 février dans une Salle Pleyel bondée pour la venue de...
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| "HERZBLUT UND FEINSTER KLANG"
15th February 2011
Germany's Trierischer Volksfreund reviews Leif Ove's Luxemburg performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Umjubelt: Mariss Jansons hat mit seinem Orchester, dem Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, und dem Pianisten Leif Ove Andsnes...
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| "SÜSSE UNENDLICHKEIT"
15th February 2011
Germany's Saabrücker Zeitung reviews Leif Ove's Luxemburg performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Ein makelloses Hornsolo zu Beginn des 2. Klavierkonzertes von Brahms war der verheißungsvolle Auftakt, blühende Streicher und...
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| HIGHLIGHTS OF REVIEWS: ON TOUR WITH THE CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA AND MARISS JANSONS
15th February 2011
The Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons are renowned for being a dream team and were recently voted the "Best Orchestra in the World" by Gramophone Magazine. With a high profile tour performing two works - Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto and Mozart's C Minor Concerto, no. 24 -...
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| RACHMANINOV VOTED BEST CONCERTO RECORDING BY GERMANY'S "SCHALLPLATTEN KRITIK"
15th February 2011
Leif Ove's recording of Rachmaninov's 3rd and 4th Piano Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano has been chosen as the Best Concerto Recording by the famous "Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik" (Prize of the German Record Critics' Association) for...
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| "SOM GRÄDDE PÅ MOSET"
14th February 2011
Sweden's Expressen reviews Leif Ove's Stockholm performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Konserthus är nog det enda ord som låter allra vackrast på holländska – Concertgebouw.
I Amsterdam verkar den kungliga Concertgebouworkestern,...
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| "BEFRIANDE LEKFULLHET"
14th February 2011
Sweden's Aftonbladet reviews Leif Ove's Stockholm performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Skillnaden mellan en riktigt bra orkester, som Kungliga filharmonikerna, och en utsökt orkester, som gästande Royal concertgebouw från...
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| "LUXUÖST SKIMRANDE KLANG I VÄRLDKLASS"
12th February 2011
Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet reviews Leif Ove's Stockholm performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Med sin chefsdirigent Mariss Jansons avslutade en av orkestervärldens giganter, Kungliga Concertgebouw-orkestern, bildad...
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| "EN USEDVANLIG NYANSERT OG ETTERHVERT LIVLIG TOLKNING"
10th February 2011
Norway's NRK reviews Leif Ove's Oslo performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Det ble et klanglig berusende, men samtidig bittersøtt gjensyn med maestro Mariss Jansons og hans Concertgebouw-orkester i Operaen. For betød det melankolske...
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| "HAN HAR FULL KONTROLL OG SPILLER KLANGLIG NYANSERT"
9th February 2011
Norway's Aftenposten reviews Leif Ove's Oslo performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Ideen bak bilprogrammet Top Gear er såre enkel. Biler sammenlignes; en tysk perfeksjonsvogn med en italiensk pasjonskjerre. Hva har det med...
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| "ANDSNES GAV VARGE TON EN EGEN FÄRG"
9th February 2011
Sweden's Sydsvenskan reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
CONCERTGEBOUW-ORKESTERN. Med Danmarks Radios nya konserthus har möjligheterna för stora internationella orkestergästspel i regionen ökat....
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| "KLART, LYST, LEVENDE"
9th February 2011
Denmark's Jylllands Posten reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
De sidst ankomne lyttere løber langs stolerækkerne for at nå på plads i halvmørket, før musikerne indfinder sig på scenen. Det hollandske...
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| "OVERORDENTLIG IMPONERENDE"
9th February 2011
Denmark's Politiken reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Med et enkelt højt slag kunne dirigenten Mariss Jansons åbne for klangen, så en akkord stod rank og strunk.
Løftet mod loftet af messingfarvede...
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| "JAMEN, JAMEN. MAN BLIVER IKKE SÅ BEVAEGET RET TIT"
9th February 2011
Denmark's Berlingske Tidende reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Hvor det dog smager! En menu med det kongelige koncerthusorkester fra Amsterdam er alle musikelskeres livret. Gruppen hører ikke...
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| FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN RISØR
9th February 2011
The theme for this summer's Risør Festival of Chamber Music has been announced and, although it is still hard to imagine those idyllic summer days as Norway is hit by yet another snow storm, its time to start dreaming of those golden days ahead. And for Leif Ove its no exception;...
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| "KRAFTFULDT SYNGENDE, MAJESTAETISK KLANG"
8th February 2011
Denmark's Kristeligt Dagblad reviews Leif Ove's Copenhagen performance of Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Der stod »Verdens bedste symfoniorkester« på billetten, som må være en henvisning til det engelske plademagasin Gramophones kåring...
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| "VOM GLÜCK DER VOLLENDUNG"
8th February 2011
Germany's Hamburger Abendblatt reviews Leif Ove's Hamburg performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto K491 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Erst am Ende des Abends war Mariss Jansons anzusehen, dass die Verfertigung von Glück offenbar doch auch mit Arbeit verbunden...
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| LEIF OVE BLOGS ON NPR'S DECEPTIVE CADENCE
20th January 2011
"Comfort in the Concert Hall"
The big problem I see in many places — from big cities to small towns — is the huge number of potential audience members who do not show up because they feel they wouldn’t be comfortable with the concert hall setting.
No matter how much some people...
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| HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE START OF 2011
13th January 2011
Leif Ove Andsnes is limbering up for a mammoth few months of concerts which luckily start on his doorstep at Bergen's Grieg Hall where he performs Norwegian composer Ketil Hvoslef's Piano Concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner on 20 and 21 January as part of his...
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| "BREATHTAKING"
11th January 2011
The New Year brings in yet more reviews for Leif Ove's recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos nos 3 & 4 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano. Following a five...
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| "CHAMBER MUSIC SHOULDN'T BE SEEN AS ELITIST"
24th December 2010
Norwegian classical musician Leif Ove Andsnes is the Berlin Philharmonic's Pianist in Residence this season. Andsnes talked with Deutsche Welle Radio about one program he selected, from which you can hear excerpts below.
As Pianist in Residence with the Berlin Philharmonic...
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| "RACHMANINOFF WÄRE ZUFRIEDEN GEWESEN"
18th December 2010
Germany's Rondo Magazine gives Leif Ove's Rachmaninov recording a five star review
Das war überfällig. Nachdem zahllose Pianisten Rachmaninoffs drittes Klavierkonzert in erster Linie benutzt haben, um neue Virtuosenrekorde aufzustellen, traut sich endlich mal jemand, das Werk so...
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| "GETTING TO KNOW SCHUMANN AGAIN, WITH SOME FAVORITES"
16th December 2010
As the Schumann bicentennial year winds down, the classical music critics of The New York Times shared their latest thoughts about Schumann recordings. Four critics chose their favourite CDs, which featured two of Leif Ove's own recordings — the Piano Concerto (chosen by Anthony...
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| "FINGER AUS GEIST"
14th December 2010
There are good reviews and great reviews and the Tagesspiegel chose the latter in response to Leif Ove's most recent concert at the Berlin Philharmonie as part of his current Pianist in Residence season. Joined by the Canadian pianist, Marc-André Hamelin, for a performance of Stravinsky's...
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| "ZWEI PIANISTEN GEBEN DEN PHILHARMONIKERN MUSIKALISCHEN ZUNDER"
14th December 2010
Alongside Der Tagesspiegel, the Berliner Morgenpost pays tribute to a concert in which the Berlin Philharmonic's choice of Pianist-in-Residence proves to be a "Godsend" and "a well-deserved triumph".
Man kann bei der Auswahl der "Pianisten" in Residenz" nicht unternehmungslustig...
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| "LES MEILLEURS DISQUES DE L'ANNÉE 2010" CHOSEN BY LE MONDE
12th December 2010
It's that time of year when journalists around the world are asked to pick their favourite discs amongst the thousands of releases from the last twelve months; The New York Times has already included Leif Ove's recording of Rachmaninov Concertos nos. 3 & 4 in its "Holiday Gift Guide"...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES: DER WELLENREITER
11th December 2010
Der Tagesspiegel profiles Leif Ove in advance of his December concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.
To read the original feature in German online click here...
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| "RISØR ENSEMBLE TAKES IT ON THE ROAD"
8th December 2010
www.musicalamerica.com reviews from New York
NEW YORK -- As Leif Ove Andsnes’ term as co-artistic director of the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway nears its conclusion, he must be feeling a twinge of regret. But rather than trying to extend his stay, he is conducting a year-long...
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| MUSIC ROOM: FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER ON SKY ARTS
7th December 2010
This Autumn Leif Ove is a guest on Sky Arts' brand new series "Music Room" which features a range of major artists including Julian Lloyd Webber, Lang Lang, Nicola Benedetti, Alison Balsom, Emma Johnson, Natalie Clein and Evelyn Glennie. Lang Lang and Leif Ove Andsnes are the only...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES WINS PRESTIGIOUS RECORD GEIJUTSU ACADEMY AWARD IN JAPAN
7th December 2010
EMI Classics announcement
The leading Japanese music magazine Record Geijutsu has announced its annual Record Geijutsu Academy Awards for 2010. We are delighted that internationally acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has been recognised in the Best Concerto Recording category for...
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| SPANISH TV FEATURES LEIF OVE
7th December 2010
Check out RTVE's report on Leif Ove and his new Rachmaninov release which aired on Spanish TV this Sunday.
RTVE Programa...
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| "SOLOISTS TAKE OR SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT AS NEEDED"
6th December 2010
The New York Times reviews the third Risør Festival concert at Carnegie Hall
After two nights in the relatively intimate Zankel Hall, the musicians of the Risor Chamber Music Festival from Norway moved to the considerably larger Stern Auditorium on Friday night for the third of...
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| "MUSIC FOR SEASIDE VILLAGE, BUT HOLD THE SALT COD"
4th December 2010
The New York Times reviews the first Risør Festival concert at Carnegie Hall
A dozen or so performances of Handel’s “Messiah” aside, December is typically a slow month for classical music in New York, and Carnegie Hall evidently sees the lull as an opportunity. In full import mode,...
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| "THE RISØR CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IS ONE NO MUSIC LOVER SHOULD MISS"
2nd December 2010
The Star Ledger reviews the first New York concert
New York has just finished Lincoln Center’s spiritually focused White Light Festival and Carnegie Hall is gearing up for JapanNYC, but there’s more imported and important music in between. And judging by its opening night, the...
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| "THE KIND OF MUSIC-MAKING WHICH ELEVATES BOTH AUDIENCE AND ARTISTS"
2nd December 2010
www.concertonet.com reviews the Risør Festival concerts in New York
A succession of artists with a stable ensemble is a concert season. A community of artists, taking different parts, working at various positions, is a music festival. Leif Ove Andsnes’ “Risør Chamber Music Festival”,...
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| "NOTHING IN THE RISØR FESTIVAL IS LESS THAN CLASSY"
1st December 2010
The Guardian gives a five star review to the Risør Festival's final concert in London
Every summer for 20 years, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Lars Anders Tomter have invited musician friends to join them in a small harbour town in Norway for a busman's holiday. Now,...
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| THE TIMES REVIEWS THE RISOR FESTIVAL FROM LONDON
30th November 2010
Midwinter warmed into midsummer for a brief weekend when Norway’s Risor Festival of Chamber Music visited the Wigmore Hall. Leif Ove Andsnes, joint artistic director with Lars Anders Tomter of the June festival, is to leave the job after 17 years — but both pianist and viola player...
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| LEIF OVE AND THE RISØR FESTIVAL HIT CHILLY NEW YORK WITH A WARM WELCOME FROM THE BIG APPLE
29th November 2010
Following the success of the Brussels and London Risør Festival concerts, Leif Ove and friends are now on their way to New York where temperatures, as in London, are sub-zero. But as the musicians layered themselves with additional jumpers, the warmth of the Wigmore Hall performances...
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| "STELLAR HEIGHT"
29th November 2010
The Daily Telegraph reviews the final Risør concert in London
Every year, the Norwegian fishing village of Risor plays host to one of the world’s great chamber music festivals, and the best of it comes to London for a mini-festival at the Wigmore Hall. The festival’s director,...
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| WWW.CLASSICALSOURCE.COM REVIEWS THE RISØR CONCERTS IN LONDON
28th November 2010
Wigmore Hall, Saturday 27 November:
While London, currently in the grip of an early cold snap, seems far removed from the long summer evenings of the Risør Festival's Norwegian home, the warmth and spirit of this second evening of Risør magic delighted for all of its almost-three-hour...
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| "EFFECIENCY AND BRUTALITY WAS THE NAME OF THIS GAME. AND IT WAS MESMERISING"
28th November 2010
www.theartsdesk.com reviews the Risør Festival in London
A hell of a lot of talent was on display last night at the Wigmore Hall, where pianist Leif Ove Andsnes's home festival of Risør was stationed for the weekend. The big draw was a performance of The Rite of Spring for two...
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| "A LITTLE PIECE OF NORWAY"
27th November 2010
The Independent reviews the Risør Festival in London
Each year, Risor - a small fishing town on the south-eastern coast of Norway - hosts an internationally renowned festival of chamber music.
This week some of its key players decamped to Wigmore Hall and naturally they brought...
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| TAKING THE SPIRIT OF NORWAY ON TOUR
25th November 2010
Leif Ove blogs about the Risør Festival tour on Gramophone Magazine's online portal
"Chamber music has always been part of my activities as a musician, since the age of 16, when I started studying at the Bergen Conservatory of Music in Norway. The first year in my studies I was...
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| "RIPPLING AND BRILLIANT"
24th November 2010
The New York Times picks Leif Ove's new recording for inclusion in the Thanksgiving Holiday Gift Guide
Leif Ove Andsnes’s new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, with Antonio Pappano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, is just as rippling and brilliant as his...
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| FROM NORWAY TO NEW YORK
24th November 2010
Playbill interviews Leif Ove in advance of the Risør tour concerts in New York
For one week every June, the charming Norwegian village of Risør provides an idyllic backdrop for one of the most celebrated chamber music festivals. This December, world-renowned musicians from the...
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| LIVE ON BBC RADIO 3'S IN TUNE
24th November 2010
This Thursday Leif Ove and friends will appear live on BBC Radio 3's drive time show "In Tune" to talk about the Risør Festival's upcoming residency at London's Wigmore Hall. Leif Ove, Measha Brueggergosman and members of the Risør Festival Strings will also perform live in studio.
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| "CHOC DE L'ANNÉE" GOES TO RACHMANINOV RELEASE
23rd November 2010
France's Classica Magazine has chosen Leif Ove's new Rachmaninov release as one of the top 10 CDs of the year at its annual "Choc de l'Année" awards ceremony in Paris. Commenting on the recording, the reviewer wrote "This lucid, powerfully dramatic and contrasting reading of Piano...
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| THE JOYS OF CHAMBER MUSIC - RISØR ON TOUR
20th November 2010
Classical Source welcomes Leif Ove as the guest writer of an editorial celebrating chamber music and the Risør Festival, which is soon to visit Brussels, London and New York...
As a pianist who is often travelling alone with a suitcase for company, performing chamber music is always...
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| CD OF THE WEEK
20th November 2010
BBC Radio 3's flagship show, CD Review, has chosen Leif Ove's recording as CD of the week commenting "Why does this partnership work so well? ... Andsnes and Pappano seem to have no difficulty with the soaring strings and romantic explosions (in the 4th piano concerto) even when...
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| "A UNIQUE MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF RACHMANINOV PERFORMANCES"
10th November 2010
Following hot on the trail of Belgium's "Knack" Magazine which referred to Leif Ove's new release as the most significant recording of Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto since that of the legendary Michelangeli's in 1957, Sweden's "Sydsvenska" pays similar tribute with the words "In...
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| "REVOLUTION IN FRIEDRICHSHAFEN"
9th November 2010
The Südkurier reviews Leif Ove and the London Philharmonic on tour in Friedrichshafen, Germany
Das Graf-Zeppelin-Haus in Friedrichs-hafen wird oftmals liebevoll als „Kulturperle am Bodensee“ bezeichnet. Diesem Ruf galt es einmal mehr gerecht zu werden mit dem Gastspiel des London...
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| "UNA VERSION GRANDE, ARREBATADORA, SIN RESPIRO, CON FLUIDEZ TORRENCIAL"
9th November 2010
The Noticias Denavarra reviews Leif Ove and the London Philharmonic on tour in Pamplona, Spain
COMENZAR el curso con la London Philharmonic es garantía de éxito. Uno espera un buen concierto. Pero si ese instrumento prodigioso inglés viene con un programa excepcional, con la originalidad...
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| "FULL-BLOODED TREAT FROM BEGINNING TO END"
9th November 2010
The Toronto Star reviews Rachmaninov release
At age 40, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is a force to be reckoned with, as he turns even the best-known classical warhorses into pure poetry. Such is the case with Sergei Rachmaninov’s 100-year-old effusion, the Piano Concerto...
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| "TOTAL EUPHORIA"
9th November 2010
Full marks go to Leif Ove's new release in Belgium's Knack magazine where Rudy Tambuyzer is happy to find a natural successor to Michelangeli's famous 1957 interpretation of Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto.
Commenting on the performance, he writes: "Neither in the pianistic...
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| "HEADLONG IMPETUS IN A TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING ACCOUNT"
9th November 2010
Four Star review from the BBC Music Magazine
As we might expect from a soloist of such calibre, Leif Ove Andsnes's new version of Rachmaninov's greatest piano concerto - The Third – is a highly competitive contender. This is Andsnes’s second recording of the work, and far surpasses...
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| "ZWEI UNGLEICHE TEMPERAMENTE IN DER TONHALLE"
8th November 2010
Der Western reviews Leif Ove and the London Philharmonic on tour in Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorf. Der norwegische Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes und der russische Dirigent Vladimir Jurowski traten mit dem London Philharmonic Orchestra in der Tonhalle in Düsseldorf auf und ernteten...
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| LONDONER ORCHESTER-BRILLANZ IN DER TONHALLE
8th November 2010
Der Rheinische Post reviews Leif Ove and the London Philharmonic on tour in Düsseldorf, Germany
Unter den großen Pianisten ist Leif Ove Andsnes der unauffälligste. Selbst klavieristische Superschwergewichte meistert er mit erheblicher Bescheidenheit; nie gibt er den genialischen...
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| "DELICIOUS MISCHIEF"
4th November 2010
BBC Radio 3 reviews latest Rachmaninov release
Few pieces in the piano repertoire are as iconic as the Rachmaninov Concertos, and Norwegian Leif Ove Andsnes darn well knows it. Even the manner in which this recording is packaged oozes seriousness and reverence, with Andsnes’ hard...
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| "GLASKÄRE TONE"
4th November 2010
NDR Radio adds the German perspective in reviewing the new Rachmaninov release
Alles Stargehabe ist ihm fremd. Der norwegische Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes gibt sich als Mensch ebenso natürlich wie als Musiker. Die Vorstellung, dass einer wie er am Klavier zum Kraftmeier wird und...
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| "PERFECT DIALOGUE"
3rd November 2010
La Razon reviews Brahms 2nd piano concerto with the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski in Madrid
La Orquesta Sinfónica de Londres ha vuelto a Madrid con dos programas románticos que son por lo general muy del gusto del gran público y de conexión clara. De un lado, la «Heroica» beethoveniana...
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| "COGENTLY CONCEIVED AND MAGNIFICENTLY EXECUTED"
2nd November 2010
The Times reviews Brahms 2nd piano concerto with the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski in London
The prospect of hearing Mahler's orchestration of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony drew me to this London Philharmonic concert. But not only was it second on the programme, it also turned out to...
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| RADIO 3 BROADCASTS BRAHMS 2ND PIANO CONCERTO PERFORMANCE ON 3 NOVEMBER
1st November 2010
Leif Ove's performance of Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto with the London Philharmonic and Vladimir Jurowski which took place on 30th October at London's Royal Festival Hall will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 3rd November at 7.00pm. It will be available to listen to online...
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| "SUCCUMBING TO THE MOOD OF NOSTALGIA AND HOMESICKNESS"
31st October 2010
The Observer reviews new Rachmaninov release
The passion burns from within in this incendiary account of Rachmaninov's third and fourth piano concertos. The amplitude of his melodies, the rich scoring and the insistent Russian melancholy are most potent when kept under control....
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| "NORDIC EXPOSURE"
31st October 2010
The Sunday Times interviews Leif Ove in advance of the Risør tour
Passionate about his profession, Leif Ove Andsnes, Norway’s thoughtful virtuoso, will dazzle Wigmore Hall with his versatile playing.
If all went to plan, Leif Ove Andsnes was playing Brahms’s great B flat major...
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| RISØR ON TOUR
29th October 2010
This Autumn Leif Ove and friends take the spirit of the Risør Festival on tour with residencies in Brussels, London and New York.
Celebrating 20 years of the festival and Leif Ove's last as artistic director with viola player, Lars Anders Tomter, the two artists are joined by...
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| "DECEPTIVE CADENCE"
20th October 2010
Leif Ove blogs on NPR Music's website
This month Leif Ove joins a select group of artists who have been asked to contribute insight on different composers for National Public Radio's popular music website. His first blog as part of a week long topic entitled "Showing Schumann Some...
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| ÅPNERE OG MØRKERE ANDSNES
17th October 2010
As reviews for Leif Ove's new Rachmaninov release continue to pour in, Norwegian Radio (NRK) pays tribute with the comments:
"Rarely have I heard Andsnes play so open, dark and vividly. The range of expression he achieves in the extremely demanding Rachmaninov concertos make...
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| "EXHILERATING FRESHNESS"
15th October 2010
Gramophone Magazine reviews Rachmaninov new release
“It’s a sensual pleasure to play,” Leif Ove Andsnes says of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto in his interview published in last month’s Gramophone. If judicious sensuality is indeed one vital quality that manifests itself in...
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| "AN ALERT, POETIC AND HONEST PERFORMANCE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST"
15th October 2010
4 star review for Rachmaninov in The Times
When Leif Ove Andsnes appears in concert he comes graciously attired by Issey Miyake. But in this CD’s cover photo the Norwegian pianist glowers in a coat with a turned-up collar, looking like someone you’d cross the street to avoid. Then...
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| RACHMANINOV TOPS THE CHARTS
15th October 2010
Its usual to hear of artists such as Robbie Williams topping the i-tunes charts but Norway can boast that Leif Ove's Rachmaninov recording is no.5 on the local charts, ahead of both Lady GaGa and Robyn. Meanwhile in the UK Classical Charts Leif Ove's release has reached 8th position....
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| "THIS IS A DISC OF TERRIFIC STATURE"
6th October 2010
The Daily Telegraph features Rachmaninov new release as CD of the Week
There are so many heart-stopping moments in these interpretations, but one of the most poignant is that short, inspired passage in the slow movement of the Fourth Concerto, an artless, chromatically ascending...
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| "KLAVERMUSIKKENS MOUNT EVEREST"
6th October 2010
The Bergens Tidende reviews new Rachmaninov CD release
Platen har et svart-hvitt fotografi på coveret, et dystert, kornet portrett av Leif Ove Andsnes som ser rett på oss, insisterende, med rynkete bryn. Bister og sammenbitt.
Så er da Rachmaninovs tredje og fjerde klaverkonsert...
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| "DISTINKT RACHMANINOV"
6th October 2010
Norway's Dagavisen reviews new Rachmaninov CD release
Leif Ove Andsnes si første innspeling i 2010 er teknisk sett ein maktdemonstrasjon. Den tredje klaverkonserten til russaren Sergei Rachmaninov kan i første omgong sjåast som eit renn av tonar, rørsler og virtuositet: den musikalske...
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| "ANDSNES PÅ SITT ALLER BESTE"
6th October 2010
Norway's Dagbladet reviews new Rachmaninov CD release
Stilt overfor denne utgivelsen på EMI, sammen med London Symfoniorkester under Antonio Pappano, er det bare de største superlativene som duger.
Det er så mange lag som flyter sammen i dette verket, der...
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| "THE NEIGHBOUR" WINS COVETED GOLD D'OR AWARD
23rd September 2010
Two neighbours.
A lonely pianist on one side of the wall.
A couple with domestic problems on the other.
They can hear each other.
This is the introduction to "The Neighbour", a Norwegian film featuring Leif Ove which last night won a silver rose and the prize for Best...
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| LEIF OVE FEATURED ON GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE'S OCTOBER FRONT COVER
15th September 2010
EMI Classics gears up for Leif Ove's new recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4 to be released on 4th October
"It was some four years ago that Leif Ove Andsnes walked away with the Gramophone Award for Best Concerto Recording. It wasn’t a surprise – Andsnes’s magnificent...
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| "SUBTLE AND COMPELLING"
15th September 2010
www.sequenza21.com reviews the UK premiere of Bent Sørensen's La Mattina at the London Proms
On August 25, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra gave the UK Premiere of La Mattina (Piano Concerto No. 2) by Bent Sørensen. There were several sources that suggested...
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| EMI CLASSICS PRESENTS UPCOMING RACHMANINOV RELEASE ON YOU TUBE
14th September 2010
In advance of this October's release of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos EMI Classics has posted a preview of the collaboration between Leif Ove, the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano on you tube.
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| BERGEN AWARDS CITY CULTURAL PRIZE TO LEIF OVE
10th September 2010
Leif Ove's home city of Bergen awarded the pianist this year's cultural prize in recognition of his work with both traditional and new music. The prize comes shortly before he commences his season long residency in Bergen during which time Leif Ove will perform programmes varying...
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| "NATURAL RAPPORT"
27th August 2010
The Telegraph reviews Leif Ove Andsnes' London Prom with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
This concert, spruce though it was throughout, gained in interpretative depth, personality and humanity as it went along. The culmination was a finely controlled but also vitally characterised...
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| "PICTURE THE SCENE ..."
27th August 2010
The Times reviews Leif Ove Andsnes' London Prom with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Picture the Scene: a piano bar in Vienna where a Danish composer listens to a Norwegian pianist playing Busoni's transcription of a Bach chorale. The sound rises and floats ever upwards, until...
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| "INDEFATIGABLE MUSIC AMBASSADOR"
26th August 2010
The Independent reviews Leif Ove Andsnes' London Prom with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
This was Norway’s moment in the limelight: no surprise to find its indefatigable music ambassador - pianist Leif Ove Andnes - leading the charge, attended by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra....
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| "CONTROLLED SENSITIVITY"
26th August 2010
The Guardian reviews Leif Ove Andsnes' London Prom with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Grieg's Holberg Suite must hold some sort of record as the classical chocolate-box favourite least often programmed at the Proms – just four hearings in 115 years until this week. Presumably...
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| "NORWEGIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CAPTURE THE FULL NORDIC MOOD"
26th August 2010
The Evening Standard reviews Leif Ove Andsnes' London Prom with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Only two nights ago we had a superlative concert by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Last night the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra put on an even more exhilarating display.
The dynamic...
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| LONDON LIMELIGHT – CLASSICAL MUSIC IN A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SETTING
19th July 2010
“Just when you thought we couldn’t cram any more people on the stage at the 100 Club, we’ve decided to invite an orchestra …”
So quotes the London Limelight website announcing an evening with Leif Ove and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in this novel and alternative venue situated...
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| RISØR TRIUMPHS AGAIN
1st July 2010
Another Risør Chamber Music Festival played out across the Southern Fjords of Norway last week with a blazing sun, a glimmering sea and a fantastic line up of artists and programmes.
With “Exile” as the title for this year’s festival it was somewhat fitting that Leif Ove had to...
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| TRAVEL DIARY MAY - JUNE 2010
26th June 2010
Wrapping up before a different kind of summer.
The last month of traveling was a peculiar one for me, because my mind was set on becoming a father around the 21st of June, which was the due date of our daughter. One of course never knows about these things and I was taken by surprise...
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| "ER TURID BIRKELAND NORGES HIPPESTE FESTIVALSJEF?"
23rd June 2010
The Risør Kammerfestival is now live and more popular than ever in its 20th year and the good news is that Leif Ove will attend the final two days and play at the outdoor concert on Stangholmen 26th June and at the closing concert on Sunday the 27th.
Faithful fans queued for hours...
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| "FIDDLING WHILE THE MIDNIGHT SUN BURNS"
22nd June 2010
Leif Ove will perform at next year's international chamber music festival in Lofoten, northern Norway. Read Matthew Gurewitsch's piece in New York...
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| DOUBLE NOMINATION FOR ROSE D'OR 2010
16th June 2010
NRK Hordaland's documentary "Høyt spill - med Leif Ove Andsnes" has been nominated for the Rose d'Or, the most prestigious TV prize to be presented at the Rose d'Or Global Television Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland (formerly known as the Entertainment Festival in Montreux) 18-22...
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| LEIF OVE'S MAJOR NEW "EVENT"!
15th June 2010
On Saturday 12 June Leif Ove became the proud father to his first daughter, Sigrid. Mamma Ragnhild is doing fine and both parents are radiantly happy.
As Leif Ove wrote "Sigrid is of course the most beautiful human being ever!"...
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| TWO SUNDAYS ON SWEDISH TV
11th June 2010
Two programs from NRK 2009 will be shown on SVT2 the coming weeks.
First out is Viggo Johansen's personal interview with Leif Ove, playing live in the studio and talking about music and the great love of his life. SVT2 13 June 19:00. Also SVT24 15 June.
The following Sunday...
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| MED STJERNEPIANISTEN LEIF OVE ANDSNES SKABTE DET NORSKE KAMMERORKESTER SMÅ MIRAKLER I BÅDE NY OG GAMMEL MUSIK
6th June 2010
Information.dk reviews the concert at Tivoli, Copenhagen:
Mesterlig pianist og kammerorkester
Tivoli præsenterer den ene koncert efter den anden på højt niveau i denne tid, og alt for ofte er salen halvtom eller mindre end det. Det er både skammeligt og ærgerligt, at musikfolket...
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| KLASSISKE MUSIKDRØMME KOM SUVERÆNT TIL LIVE
5th June 2010
Politiken reviews Tivoli concert with Danish premiere of Bent Sørensen's "La Mattina":
Den danske premiere på Bent Sørensens nye klaverkoncert blev leveret som en musikpoetisk kindhest. Bent Sørensen turde formentlig ikke håbe, at hans nye klaverkoncert ville få så suveræne fortolkere,...
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| "BRILJANT SOLIST GAV STORARTA OPPLEVING"
5th June 2010
Dagen Magazine, Bergen Tidene and Dagsavisen review Leif Ove's performance with the Norwegian Chamber Music Orchestra at Bergen Festival....
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| HVILKEN AFTEN! * * * * * *
4th June 2010
Berlingske Tidene reviews concert at Tivoli, Copenhagen:
Til tops på tangenterne
Norsk kammerorkester og herboende klaverkonge spillede dansk mesterværk for første gang herhjemme. Ordet er »bjergtagende«.
Glem den gamle historie om olien. Glem det med hvalerne. Og tænk på sproget,...
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| "MESTEREN"
3rd June 2010
Leif Ove held a masterclass with a trio of students during the Bergen Festival. ...
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| "DETTE VAR MORO!"
2nd June 2010
This was fun, we would definitely come back here! agreed Leif Ove and Per Erik Kise Larsen, head of the Norweigan Chamber Orchestra, following the sold out concert in Ål Kulturhus on Monday night.
Sigmund Krøvel-Velle, Hallingdolen reviews the concert:
Konsert med kontrastar
Publikum...
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| VERY GOOD! AN APPLE FIRST * * * * *
28th May 2010
Leif Ove Andsnes has released an exclusive online coupling of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Janáček’s In the Mists as part of the iTunes Live series.
Recorded by EMI before an audience in January in the recently opened Apple Store in Manhattan, New York (making Andsnes...
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| LEIF OVE TO TRONDHEIM
26th May 2010
Leif Ove performs at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival for the first time.
This year the festival celebrates it's 15th year and welcomes Leif Ove both as soloist and chamber musician, as well as an instructor at the chamber music academy.
The resident composer of the festival is...
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| ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT HOME IN BERGEN
25th May 2010
Commencing this autumn, Leif Ove is the guest Artist in Residence of the Bergen Philharmonic for the 2010 / 2011 season. With three high profile programmes Leif Ove can enjoy stepping out of his front door and performing at the famous Grieg Hall without having to pack a suitcase...
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| LEIF OVE RELUCTANTLY DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS YEAR'S RISØR FESTIVAL
24th May 2010
Due to personal reasons Leif Ove has reluctantly had to withdraw from participating in this year's Risør Festival despite the fact that it his last year as joint Artistic Director with Lars Anders Tomter. Fellow Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland has kindly agreed to step...
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| "UNSPEAKABLY NORSK THING - LISTENING TO LEIF OVE"
19th May 2010
Scottish journalist Jane Robinson has been living in Norway for some time and reflects upon the country in her series of "Unspeakably Norsk Things" before returning home. A dinner with a 21 year old Leif Ove is one of her fondest memories.
While out on a coastal stroll, I was...
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| LEIF OVE ANNOUNCED AS THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC'S 2010 / 11 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
15th May 2010
Following is the official press release from the Berlin Philharmonic released on 12 May
The Berliner Philharmoniker welcome Leif Ove Andsnes as their eighth Pianist in Residence during the coming season, following his predecessors in this post Lars Vogt, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel...
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| 5 STARS FROM ICELAND AND A DIP IN "THE BLUE LAGOON"
15th May 2010
Not being able to beat the volcanic ash, Leif Ove, Tanja and Christian decided to reap its benefits instead!
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| STUCK AGAIN
14th May 2010
Some might argue that with all the recent volcanic disruption its not a good idea to go to Iceland but Leif Ove, Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff had a concert in Reykavik last night so they braved it ... and are now stuck trying to get flights to Norway where they are supposed to go...
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| TRAVEL DIARY APRIL 2010
13th May 2010
Leif Ove has unexpected time on his hands to reflect on turning 40
With this month's unforeseeable events I found myself spending more time than expected at home, not playing concerts but reflecting over turning 40. If someone had told me one month ago that I would have cancellations...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES AND FRIENDS
13th May 2010
The Independent reviews the Wigmore Hall recital with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
The series is called "Leif Ove Andsnes and Friends" and for the gifted Norwegian pianist that would seem to be as good a basis as any for meaningful chamber music. But there is more to it than that,...
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| "A MAGNIFICENT, WHOLLY INVOLVING PERFORMANCE"
12th May 2010
The Arts Desk reviews the Wigmore Hall recital with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff
Chamber music is a highly motivational experience - here is a group of instruments of quite different qualities parading, fighting, ganging up, inviting each other’s new ideas, dialoguing, and all...
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| "PAPPANO AND ANDSNES STRIKING SPARKS OFF EACH OTHER IN A DIAMANTINE ACCOUNT OF RACH 4"
3rd May 2010
4 stars for LSO/Pappano/Andsnes concert at London's Barbican.
Whether or not Aaron Copland is due a spin in the next few years on the random carrousel of the anniversary celebration, it’s time we had a proper reassessment of his still undervalued work.
At a time when composers...
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| LEIF OVE STEPS IN
16th April 2010
The bad news is that because of the recent travel chaos which has affeted most of Europe, Leif Ove wasn't able to get to Barcelona for his planned performances of Rachmaninov's fourth piano concerto. But as the Danish String Quartet didn't manage to get to Bergen for their concert,...
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| RISØR FESTIVAL GOES INTO EXILE
15th April 2010
This year's Risør Festival Programme has just been announced online on the Festival website and tickets go on sale 10th May.
The theme for this year's programme is "Exile". Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Anders Tomter selected composers who wrote music while they lived in voluntary...
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| CANCELLATION ANNOUNCEMENT
31st March 2010
Pictures Reframed in Abu Dhabi has had to be cancelled due to an official mourning period.
Official festival announcement...
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| "A REMARKABLE SENSE OF BALANCE"
31st March 2010
Japan's Ashai and Yomiuri newspapers review Andsnes with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra as they visit Japan on their Asian tour. Read the translated reviews below.
A remarkable sense of balance
One of the most brilliant pianists of his generation, Andsnes visited Japan with...
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| TRAVEL DIARY MARCH 2010
30th March 2010
Leif Ove reflects on music and fish from his Asian tour.
One of the questions I most often get asked about my touring life is "Do you get to see anything from the different places you visit?" The usual answer is "Sometimes, but not very often." My concentration on the concerts...
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| "DROWNING THE PIANO: A MARRIAGE OF MUSIC AND ART"
26th March 2010
Jasper Rees meets the acclaimed Norwegian classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who joins the South African artist Robin Rhode in a unique performance inspired by Modest Mussorgsky’s epic Pictures At An Exhibition, as part of the Abu Dhabi Festival.
There will be those who see...
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| "EN LA MÚSICA NO HAY EDADES"
22nd March 2010
Leif Ove talks to Scherzo about his upcoming performances and recording of Rachmaninov....
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| TOKYO QUEUES UP FOR LEIF OVE
22nd March 2010
As Leif Ove and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra head for Korea tomorrow, news from Tokyo is that they have played to full houses, been received with numerous curtain calls and that Leif Ove had a queue of 200 people following last night's concert at Tokyo Opera City Hall all wanting...
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| TRAVEL DIARY FEBRUARY 2010
18th March 2010
The first of Leif Ove's monthly blogs in which he talks about life on tour.
I’m on my first solo recital tour since last year’s big project Pictures Reframed. It’s a relief being back on familiar grounds again with a ”normal” set of concerts. I play Schumann, Chopin, Kurtág and...
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| SAT2000 TV BROADCAST IN ITALY
12th March 2010
Italy’s SAT2000 TV will broadcast an interview with Leif Ove this weekend on Saturday 13th March at 19.00 and again on Sunday 14th March at 20.40. Recorded in the studio on the occasion of Leif Ove’s last visit to Milan he talks about his upcoming performance of Pictures Reframed...
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| MASTERCLASS IN ØSTFOLD
11th March 2010
Leif Ove makes an inspiring visit to young pianists in Fredrikstad, Norway
See the NRK TV clip and download masterclass here.
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| FROM TØNSBERG TO TOKYO AND BEYOND
9th March 2010
Today Leif Ove Andsnes and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra join forces for the start of a tour which takes them from Norway across the world to Japan and Korea. Regular collaborators and friends, Leif Ove last visited Asia with the ensemble exactly five years ago and were warmly...
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| BUILDING UP TO THE RACHMANINOV CHALLENGE
9th March 2010
Following a single performance at London's Barbican Centre on 29th April, Leif Ove returns to the studio with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano to record Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto for release on EMI Classics this Autumn. Coupled with the Third Piano Concerto...
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| EXQUISITELY NUANCED PLAYING WITH LEIF OVE ANDSNES
1st March 2010
Evening Standard reviews the Wigmore Hall concert
Both the major bicentenary composers, Schumann and Chopin, featured on the recital programme of Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on Saturday. But the crucial element of fantasy was not ideally captured in any of their pieces....
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| "INTELLIGENCE AND MUSICALITY"
1st March 2010
Review from concert in Warsaw.
The recital of Leif Ove Andsnes was one of the brightest moments among the brith anniversary week events. It turned out that exquisite piano playing does not necessarily have to draw on genius or vision. Very good technique, outstanding musical...
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| BIRTHDAY PREPARATIONS FOR LEIF OVE
27th February 2010
This April Leif Ove Andsnes will be celebrating his 40th birthday but before he has got round to making his own party planning Austria's Radio Stephansdom has beaten him to it. From 6th - 10th April two of the radio station's programames - "Mattinata" and "Continuo" - will be making...
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| NUCHTERE, PRAKTISCHE PIANIST UIT NOORWEGEN
25th February 2010
Eindhovens Dagblad's reviewer wished the concert would never end...
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| LEIF OVE STARS IN JO STRØMBERG'S NEW FILM "THE NEIGHBOUR"
24th February 2010
Two neighbours.
A lonely pianist on one side of the wall.
A couple with domestic problems on the other.
They can hear each other.
"The Neighbour" is a film about man and woman, about single people, about the chance to start over again, about chances that are long gone....
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| POLAND SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHOPIN
23rd February 2010
A whole host of special birthday concerts will take place in the Polish capital from this week, in the first of three events that will dominate Chopin Year. Organised by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, a series of concerts held between 22nd February and 1st March 2010, will celebrate...
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| "EXCELENTE MÚSICO DE CÁMARA"
15th February 2010
El Periódico previews this week's concert in Madrid
Desde su debut a principios de los años noventa, la carrera del pianista noruego Leif Ove Andsnes ha suscitado un enorme interés. En 2002 le fue otorgada la Real Orden de San Olav, máximo galardón de Noruega, y ha recibido otros...
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| "STEMMER HÅRFINT"
13th February 2010
Test your Norwegian in this article on Leif Ove's trusted piano tuner
Leif Ove Andsnes holder seg til Thron Irby når han turnerer i Norge.
– Han er en av de få jeg stoler 100 prosent på, sier pianisten.
Går du på konsert med en av de store klaverutøverne i landet, kan du nesten...
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| LIVE ON PIAZZA VERDI
10th February 2010
On Saturday 20th February Leif Ove will perform live on Italian Radio (RAI 3) flagship's show "Piazza Verdi". In the studio he will talk about his upcoming recital in Milan on Sunday 21st February and also his most recent project Pictures Reframed which took Europe by storm last...
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| EUROPEAN RECITAL TOUR 13 FEBRUARY - 1ST MARCH
9th February 2010
Leif Ove performs in Warsaw on the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, as part of Poland's major celebrations
Leif Ove Andsnes is about to embark on a European recital tour which commences with a performance in Schloss Elmau in Germany and takes him on to Spain (Zaragoza and Madrid),...
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| LEIF OVE CREATES TRAFFIC JAM AT TØNSBERG BOX OFFICE
9th February 2010
Its official. As tickets went on sale in Tønsberg, Norway, for Leif Ove's concert with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra on 9th March there was a stampede outside the local opticians where tickets were being sold! The Tønsberg Blad provides photographic evidence of the excitement...
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| ABU DHABI UNRAVELS MAMMOTH FESTIVAL PLANS
2nd February 2010
Leif Ove to perform Pictures Reframed at the Emirates Palace Hotel on 31st March
Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (Admaf) on Tuesday revealed details of its most ambitious event – The Abu Dhabi Festival, which boasts of 40 events, including top-class performances from the masters...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES ÜBERRASCHTE MIT SUBTILEM ANSCHLAG
30th January 2010
The Passauer Neue Presse reviews Mozart in Salzburg
Als Nikolaus Harnoncourt vor etwa 20 Jahren das erste Mal am Pult der Wiener Philharmoniker stand, konnte man an den Gesichtern der Orchesterbeamten ablesen, dass sie sich nur ungern gegen den Strich bürsten lassen und trotz des...
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| MOZART IN SALZBURG WITH THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
28th January 2010
This week Leif Ove Andsnes is in Salzburg for the famous Mozart Woche where last night he performed Mozart's Piano Concerto K.488 with the Vienna Philharmonic under Nikolas Harnoncourt at the Grosses Festspielhaus. He stays on in Salzburg to give a chamber music recital on Saturday...
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| THE RACHMANINOV CHALLENGE
20th January 2010
Leif Ove writes about the challenges of Rachmaninov's fourth piano concerto in advance of his concert with the London Symphony Orchestra on 29 April. http://lso.co.uk/detailedeventinfo&detailid=4845&showdetailstype=event...
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| GÖTEBORG ÖPPNAR VÅRSÄSONGEN MED ETT DRÖMPROGRAM
15th January 2010
Dagens Nyheter recenserar Andsnes, Dudamel och Göteborgs symfoniker.
Vårsäsongen i Göteborgs konserthus kunde inte ha öppnat mera förtätat och intensivt. Med ett drömprogram som gav tre gånger stående ovationer efter uruppförandet av argentinaren Esteban Benzecrys ”Rituales Amerindios”,...
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| RACHMANINOV'S FOURTH WITH SUN AND SNOW
14th January 2010
Hot on the heels of his New York itunes event Leif Ove Andsnes flew to Venezuela to join Gustavo Dudamel and the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra for some New Year's music making in the sun which included Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 4. Last night Leif Ove and Gustavo were back in...
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| SWEDISH RADIO RECORDED CONCERT
14th January 2010
P2 Musikradion will broadcast the recorded concert from Gothenburg on February 25th. ...
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| PIANIST PÅ STÄNDIG RESA
13th January 2010
Göteborgs Posten talks to Leif Ove before the concerts in Gothenburg.
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| IS IT LIVE, OR IS IT ITUNES? APPLE STORE AS RECITAL SPACE
4th January 2010
The New York Times reviews Leif Ove's in store performance which marked the first classical piano event of its kind.
People passing by the new Apple Store on Broadway and 67th Street on Sunday evening noticed something unusual happening inside the spacious salesroom: a pianist...
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| COSE MAI VISTE
1st January 2010
Pictures Reframed is cover feature in Il Giornale della Musica...
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| "AN ELEGANT, DYNAMICALLY FLUID READING"
31st December 2009
So said the New York Times of Leif Ove Andsnes' performance of Mozart Piano Concerto K.488 which he performed with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert on both 29th and 30th December.
Also reviewing Concertonote.com commented "Nobody could query Leif Ove Andsnes who, hopefully,...
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| SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
24th December 2009
The Wall Street Journal interviews Leif Ove Andsnes in advance of his performances with the New York Philharmonic
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is widely regarded as one of the most gifted musicians of his generation. But such a distinction can be both burden and blessing...
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| LIVE AT THE APPLE STORE: LEIF OVE ANDSNES IN NEW WORK ON 3RD JANUARY
23rd December 2009
EMI Classics artist and Grammy-nominated pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has recorded over 30 classical music albums with a repertoire that spans from Bach to the present day. Called a "princely pianist" he has won four Gramophone Awards. Join us at the new Apple Store in New York City...
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| KLAVIERSAITEN TANZEN BALLET
22nd December 2009
The Kölner Rundschau reviews the Cologne concert
In der Kölner Philharmonie hatte die Medieninstallation „Pictures reframed“ die letzte Station ihrer Welttournee. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes schlägt mit Mussorgskys Klavierzyklus „Bilder einer Ausstellung“ die Brücke zur Gegenwart.
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| DER KLARE, KERNIGE TON DES NORWEGERS ...
22nd December 2009
The Köln Stadt Anzeiger reviews the Cologne concert
In der Kölner Philharmonie hatte die Medieninstallation „Pictures reframed“ die letzte Station ihrer Welttournee. Thema des norwegischen Pianisten Leif Ove Andsnes und des südafrikanischen Medienkünstlers Robin Rhode war Mussorgskys...
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| AUDIENCE RESONANCE FROM PARIS
21st December 2009
From the Paris performance of Pictures Reframed, the audience give their reaction
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| LOOKING BACK AT PICTURES REFRAMED
21st December 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes left the stage in Cologne last night in a snow storm dramatically signaling the end of this Autumn’s major tour of Pictures Reframed which has seen him perform in 22 cities across East Coast America and throughout Europe.
And what a mammoth journey it has been...
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| KONKURRENDE BILDER
20th December 2009
Norway's Aftonposten reviews the Oslo performance
Leif Ove Andsnes er ikke skuggeredd. Han kunne halent seg tilbake og spilt konserter for et blåhåret publikum.
Med sedvanlig grundighet og dedikasjon kaster han seg inn i prosjekter som Pictures Reframed, der han har samarbeidet...
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| CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY IN THE CONCERT HALL
20th December 2009
Pictures Reframed reaches the Sri Lankan press!
Sometimes when I push my luck too far, it inevitably works. After rushing through many corridors and passages, I managed to sneak in for a preview of something my eyes failed to comprehend. I pinched myself to know whether I was dreaming...
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| ANDSNES FORLATER RISØR
17th December 2009
Norway's Aftenposten reports on Leif Ove's departure from the Risør festival
Samtidig går Det Norske Kammerorkester inn i et tettere kunstnerisk og administrativt samarbeid med Risørfestivalen, som etter oppstarten for 20 år siden i sterkere og sterkere grad har inntatt en ledende...
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| A VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A NON-STANDARD CONCERT
17th December 2009
The Examiner examines the DVD
When Pictures Reframed was given its world premiere in New York, New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini felt it was necessary to begin his November 16 review with the back-story:
"The remarkable Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is a self-effacing,...
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| LEIF OVE STEPS DOWN AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE RISØR FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
16th December 2009
Henning Kraggerud to replace Leif Ove Andsnes as Artistic Director from 2011
After 18 years as joint Artistic Director of the Risør festival of Chamber Music, Leif Ove Andsnes has decided to step down. Lars Anders Tomter will continue as Artistic Director and will be joined by...
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| WDR RADIO PREVIEWS THE COLOGNE PERFORMANCE
16th December 2009
to listen to the preview in German: http://gffstream-8.vo.llnwd.net/c1/m/1260966153/radio/scala/wdr5_scala_20091216.mp3k...
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| LA SALLE DE CONCERT EST DEVENUE UN LIEU DE RÉFLEXION
14th December 2009
Les Echoes reviews the Paris performance
Vu vendredi dernier un spectacle annoncé par les flyers et autres promo comme « du jamais vu ». Au théâtre des Champs Elysées un pianiste à la réputation de virtuose, le norvégien Leif Ove Andsnes jouait Moussorgski, Schumann… pendant la...
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| LAUF DER HÜHNER
11th December 2009
Tagesspiegel reviews Pictures Reframed at Radialsystem
Modest Mussorgskys „Baba Yaga“ mit irre laufenden Hühnern zu bebildern, beweist Humor und leises Wissen darüber, worum es eigentlich geht. Schließlich steht auch die Hütte der russischen Hexe, von der das Klavierstück mit Ausbrüchen,...
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| UN OVNI CONTEMPORAIN POUR MOUSSORGSKI
11th December 2009
Le Figaro previews the Paris concert
Vendredi soir, au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, le grand pianiste norvégien Leif Ove Andsnes et le vidéaste sud-africain Robin Rhode réinventent les «Tableaux d'une exposition». Un «spectacle total» qui a triomphé à New York, à Moscou, à Londres...
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| SUONO NEGLI OCCHI
11th December 2009
Cover story in Classical Voice...
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| ROBIN RHODE IM GESPRÄCH
11th December 2009
Art-in-Berlin talks to Robin Rhode about the creation as well as reception of Pictures Reframed
Anlässlich der Präsentation von "Pictures Reframed" - einer Performance um die Klavierfassung von Mussorgskys "Bilder einer Ausstellung" - im Berliner Radialsystem sprachen wir mit dem...
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| MOUSSORGSKY, LE CLAVIER BIEN IMAGÉ
11th December 2009
La Libération previews the Paris concert...
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| LEIF OVE & ROBIN ON WEST.ART
10th December 2009
German TV feature on WDR's West.art programme
Click on the link below to watch a great tv preview for Picture Reframed which was broadcast on 8th December. Repeat broadcast on Monday 14th December at 10.50 on WDR.
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| COMMENT FAIRE DIALOGUER MUSIQUE ET ARTS VISUELS?
9th December 2009
Figaroscope previews the Paris performance
Comment faire dialoguer musique et arts visuels ? La question n'est pas nouvelle. Au début de l'été 1874, Modest Petrovitch Moussorgski se la pose dans un cycle pour piano parmi ses opus les plus connus : Les Tableaux d'une exposition,...
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| MUSSORGSKI KOMMT INS TROCKENDOCK
9th December 2009
The Berliner Morgenpost previews the Berlin performance
Unwiderstehlich ist der Drang von Künstlern, Dichtern und Musikern, sich an der Verbindung der schönen Künste mit der schönen Musik zu versuchen. Das berühmteste Beispiel heißt "Bilder einer Ausstellung" und stammt von Modest...
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| NORWEGIAN TV SPECIAL WEEKEND BROADCASTS
9th December 2009
This month Norwegian TV will be broadcasting a weekend extravaganza of Leif Ove Andsnes.
On Saturday 12 December NRK1 will air a new portrait documentary at 22.15 following Leif Ove on his journey of creating the Pictures Reframed project whilst the following evening, Sunday...
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| THE ARTISTIC SENSATION OF THE YEAR
9th December 2009
t5m networks reviews the London concert
If you believe that music, like a kiss, is best enjoyed with your eyes closed, Pictures Reframed is not the show for you. Hailed as ‘the artistic sensation of 2009′, the concert presents Mussorgsky’s epic piano cycle Pictures at an...
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| LONDON CALLING ... LEIF OVE BACK ON STAGE
7th December 2009
Pictures Reframed reaches London and this week goes on to Naples, Berlin and Paris
The late night audience on Friday night in London gave Leif Ove Andsnes a standing ovation and called him back on stage repeatedly.
After a mammoth evening in which Leif Ove played the full Pictures...
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| CHILDLIKE IMAGINATION IS AT THE PROGRAMME'S HEART
7th December 2009
The Times reviews the London concert
Mussorgsky may never be the same again as Pictures at an Exhibition is given the video treament by Andsnes and Robin Rhode
Pictures at an Exhibition; but this is not the Great Gate of Kiev at all. It’s a sluice-gate in a Bergen dock, and...
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| LES "TABLEAUX" DE MOUSSORGSKI RETROUVENT UNE IMAGE
6th December 2009
Le Monde reports in advance of the Paris concert
Un pianiste seul sur scène, entouré de panneaux lumineux, interprète Modeste Moussorgski comme dans un écrin, puis une installation vidéo prend vie derrière lui. Le récital "Pictures Reframed" présenté samedi à Londres expérimente...
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| "I SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT ANDSNES' PLAYING, SHOULDN'T I?"
5th December 2009
Artsdesk.com reviews the London performance
We watch and listen simultaneously so much today that it hardly seems blasphemous for a superlative pianist to decide to conceive an evening of piano music plus video installation. Leif Ove Andsnes has doubts about the transmittability...
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| "TOUGH AND EARTHILY 'BLACK AND WHITE' ACCOUNT"
5th December 2009
The Independent reviews the London concert
The "pictures" of the title Pictures Reframed are Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition; the "reframing" is down to video artist Robin Rhode. But whether or not Rhode's visual imaginings serve as a stimulus to our own or merely an obstruction...
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| NEU BEBILDERTE AUSSTELLUNG
4th December 2009
The Süddeutsche Zeitung reviews the Munich performance
Auf der sinnlichen Ebene funktioniert das Projekt "Pictures Reframed" des Pianisten Leif Ove Andsnes und des Künstlers Robin Rhode, welches im Prinzregententheater Mussorgskys "Bilder einer Ausstellung" mit auf Leinwand projizierten...
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| NEUE BILDER EINE AUSTELLUNG
4th December 2009
Die Abendzeitung reviews the Munich performance
Nervös stromert Robin Rhode im mausgrauen Anzug durchs Foyer des Prinzregententheaters. Fremdes Terrain halt, der Streetartkünstler ließ sich ja quasi zur Klassik verknacken. Und jetzt scheint er sich erst mal die Leute anzuschauen,...
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| BILDER ZUR MUSIK
4th December 2009
The Münchner Merkur reviews the Munich concert...
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| ENTGRENZUNG UND VERSCHMELZUNG VON AUGE UND OHR
3rd December 2009
Die Welt reviews the Hamburg performance
Das Auge wird beim Sehen nicht satt, und das Ohr wird beim Hören nicht voll. So steht es in der Bibel. Und so haben Künstler seit Jahrhunderten danach getrachtet, die Wirkung des einen Sinnes durch die Reizung des anderen womöglich ins Unermessliche,...
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| BILDER EINE BAUSTELLE
3rd December 2009
Hamburger Abendblatt reviews the Hamburg performance
Alle Jahre wieder gegen Jahresende findet nicht nur Weihnachten statt, sondern auch ein Stiftertag, bei dem die privaten Gönner der Elbphilharmonie über den jeweils akuten Stand der Dinge auf der Hamburger Kultur-Großbaustelle...
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| “PAINTER AND POET AS WELL AS MUSICIAN”
3rd December 2009
Pictures Reframed continues to take Europe by storm
From Brussels - where Pictures Reframed was described as one of the “artistic sensations of 2009” - to Moscow, Stockholm, Hamburg and Munich, Leif Ove Andsnes is now gearing up for the London concert on Friday 4th December with...
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| MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
3rd December 2009
Grafik Magazine dedicates a 6 page arts special in advance of the London concert
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| LEIF OVE ON BBC RADIO 3
3rd December 2009
In advance of the London performance, Leif Ove appeared live on BBC Radio 3's flagship show, In Tune, performing in the studio and talking to Sean Rafferty about Pictures Reframed.
The feature remains available to listen to online for one week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programme...
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| PICTURES TRANSFORMED
3rd December 2009
International Piano Magazine talks to the artists
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| WEICH UND PRÄZISE
2nd December 2009
NDR Kultur reviews the Hamburg performance
Ein Kind zündet eine Kerze an. Doch die Kerze ist keine Kerze, sondern nur das Bild einer solchen, und in Sekundenschnelle verbrennt unsere Illusion einer angenommenen Realität. Dieses erste kurze Video von Robin Rhode war Programm des...
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| SEEN AND HEARD SPECIAL FEATURE REPORT
2nd December 2009
An extract from an extensive report from the Brussels premiere on www.musicweb-international.com
I had already watched the video on the EMI DVD and although I was quite impressed by Rhode's imaginary graphic art work, it was Andsnes's playing that overshadowed each and all. But...
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| MUSSORGSKY ALS HIPPEN FILM-KLAVIER-HAPPENING
1st December 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes rahmt "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
Konzert ist nicht genug! Hunderttausende Zuhörer in Mitteleuropa tun zwar allabendlich nichts anderes als still da zu sitzen und Musikern zuzuhören. Eine schöne, preisenswerte Kultur-Leistung. Zu sehen gibt's dabei wenig. Ein Problem...
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| DEUTSCHE WELLE TV FEATURE
1st December 2009
Interviewing Leif Ove Andsnes in advance of the first German concert, Deutsche Welle tv features Pictures Reframed and visits the project from its beginnings to its arrival on stage in Hamburg
To see the clip in English visit: http://www.dw-world.com/dw/article/0,,4956773,00.html...
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| SCHÖNE NEUE KLANG - UND BILDERWELT
1st December 2009
Concerti magazine previews Pictures ...
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| BESONDERE AUFNAHMEN
1st December 2009
Piano News in Germany previews Pictures Reframed...
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| PIANO & VIDÉO
1st December 2009
France's Cadences features Pictures Reframed in their December issue ...
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| 3 RAISONS D'ALLER ÉCOUTER...
1st December 2009
ELLE chooses Pictures for their culture guide...
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| MUSSORGSKY TANZT JETZT MULTIMEDIAL
30th November 2009
Abendzeitung interviews Leif Ove before the Hamburg Concert
Von Argrich bis Tokarev - diese Woche dominiert der Steinway! Dazu setzen Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes und Performance-Künstler Robin Rhode die "Bilder einer Ausstellung" neu in Szene. Die AZ sprach mit dem Norweger. Er trägt...
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| KLASSIK-SPEKTAKEL KLINGENDE GEMÄLDE IN NEUEM RAHMEN
30th November 2009
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes schlägt mit Mussorgskys Klavierzyklus „Bilder einer Ausstellung“ die musikalische Brücke zur Graffiti-Kunst der Gegenwart: „Pictures Reframed“.
Seh- und Hörgewohnheiten aufbrechen! Ganz neue Konzertsituationen herstellen! Das Ritual der Klassik aufbrechen!...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED IN GERMAN RADIO
30th November 2009
Listen to the programmes by following the links below.
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES PÅ KONSERTHUSET
29th November 2009
DN & SvD reviews the concert
Konstnären Robin Rhode, med bakgrund i hiphopkulturen, har bildsatt Leif Ove Andsnes dynamiska pianospel. Konstverk som projiceras på väggarna under hela konserten.
För två veckor sedan riggades en skärm upp i Stora salen inför Thomas Adès pianokonsert,...
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| PICTURES IN STOCKHOLM
29th November 2009
Leif Ove was called back on stage no less than five times after performing Pictures Reframed in Stockholm's blue concert house. It was a magical evening.
"In Pictures at an exhibition, Andsnes moves smoothly between the explosive and the meditative, the energetic and the melancholic....
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| IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION
28th November 2009
The New York Times chooses "Shadows of Silence" for its Holiday Gift Guide
Its Thanksgiving in the States, the holiday season has officially started and its good news for those artists who have been chosen by The New York Times for the Holiday Gift Guide: Records of the Year. ...
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| BUY THIS CD WITH CONFIDENCE. NO PIANO GETS DROWNED, TRUST ME; AND YOU GET MATURE, FOCUSED ARTISTRY
27th November 2009
The Times reviews the new album
What’s your mental picture of the Great Gate of Kiev, the final exhibit in Mussorgsky’s piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition? Not, I bet, a grand piano drowning in the seething surf of the North Sea. Yet that’s the image conjured up by the painter...
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| THE PROMENADING ART LOVER
27th November 2009
The Independent reviews the new album
Though lacking an important element when separated from the visual settings devised by artist Robin Rhodes, Leif Ove Andsnes' performance here has much to recommend it. There's his delicate, fluttering touch, almost like a hammer dulcimer,...
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| BRUSSELS HAILS PICTURES REFRAMED AS ONE OF THE "ARTISTIC SENSATIONS OF 2009"
26th November 2009
At last! Pictures Reframed has arrived in Europe and was greeted in Brussels on Tuesday night with a full and rapturous house. The 2000 seater art deco hall was packed to the gills and a revered silence was sustained throughout the concert breaking into immediate applause as Leif...
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| LE PIANO DANS LA FLEUR
26th November 2009
La Libre Belgique reviews from Brussels
La salle plongée dans l’obscurité, le pianiste éclairé d’une simple poursuite qui s’éteint lorsque, entre deux morceaux, l’écran central s’illumine et s’anime, et cet étrange dispositif scénique, le piano devant le grand écran et cinq autres...
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| ARD MITTAGSMAGAZIN ANNOUNCES PICTURES IN GERMANY
26th November 2009
Follow the link below to watch the clip online.
The feature starts at 1'26.
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| PICTURES ON SWEDISH RADIO
26th November 2009
"Studio ett" talks to both Leif Ove and Robin
DET DRÄNKTA PIANOT
När Leif Ove Andsnes framför Musorgskijs "Tavlor på en utställning" dränks hela flygeln i finalen av forsande vatten. Scenen skapade han i en torrdocka i Bergen ihop med den sydafrikanske konstnären Robin Rhode....
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| MUSIKALISCHE UND VISUELLE BILDER
26th November 2009
Klassikinfo reports from Brussels
Leif Ove Andsnes & Robin Rhode touren derzeit mit ihrem Projekt "Pictures reframed" - ein visualisiertes Konzert mit Mussorgskys "Bildern einer Ausstellung" - durch Deutschland. In Brüssel war der Auftakt. Robert Jungwirth hat das Konzert besucht...
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| ANDSNES ASSAULTS THE GREAT GATE WITH A STORMING AND UNSETTLING PERFORMANCE
25th November 2009
Gramophone reviews the new album
Some artists announce their arrival on the world stage with a youthful fire and passion that settles into a more sedate maturity. Leif Ove Andsnes seems to be going in the opposite direction; always a musician of supreme finish and intelligence,...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES AND ROBIN RHODE DISCUSS THEIR EXTRAORDINARY "REIMAGINING" OF MUSSORGSKY'S BEST-LOVED WORK
25th November 2009
The Daily Telegraph takes a good look at the collaboration
In a dry dock stands a concert grand. The dock doesn’t stay dry for long, though, as water comes gushing in through opened floodgates. First it laps at the piano’s ankles, then gradually floods the strings and hammers of...
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| BELGIUM'S CRESCENDO MAGAZINE PREVIEW
25th November 2009
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| STARKES STÜCK
25th November 2009
Germany's Crescendo Magazine talks to Robin and Leif Ove
Der russische Komponist Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) schrieb im Jahr 1874 das erste Programm-Musikstück “Bilder einer Ausstellung”. Die einzelnen Sätze des Stücks beschreiben Gemälde und Zeichnungen seines...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED: EUROPEAN PREMIERE 24TH NOVEMBER IN BRUSSELS
23rd November 2009
“…a stunning achievement. Far more than merely another multimedia collaboration for our multitasking, iPod-toting era, it brilliantly illumines Mussorgsky’s achievement in ways that transcend the literalism of words, images, and notes on a page.”
So wrote the San Francisco Classical...
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| COLLABORATION OFFERS GLIMPSE OF WHAT RECITALS MAY OFFER
23rd November 2009
Houston Chronicle reviews the concert at the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen Theater.
Musicians of uncommon ability and curiosity are not always satisfied with the pleasurable repetition of recital and orchestral engagements. Their restless minds seek new challenges. Norwegian...
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| WHAT DID YOU ALL THINK...?
22nd November 2009
And just like that, former strangers were now connected and engaged.
On Friday night, sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (in his first local appearance since a recital at Strathmore last year) and South African visual artist Robin Rhode...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED IN DE MORGEN
22nd November 2009
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| MODERNE ZEITEN IM KONZERTSAAL
22nd November 2009
Die Welt previews Pictures before the 5 German concerts
Mit Multimedia-Events und außergewöhnlichen Klanginstallationen wollen klassische Musiker in Hamburg dem Konzertbetrieb neue Impulse verleihen Die klassische Musik, heißt es, stecke in der Krise und müsse sich ein neues Publikum...
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| SO WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
21st November 2009
The Times preview: Leif Ove Andsnes combines music and visual art
Mussorgsky’s mighty piano work is to be played against a backdrop of modern video art. But will the gamble pay off? Plenty of artists have worked to a musical soundtrack. Eugène Delacroix palled around with Frédéric...
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| MOESSORGSKI KRIJGT NIEUWE LIJST
21st November 2009
De Standaard previews the european premiere of Pictures Reframed...
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| WIN TICKETS, DINNER AND CHAMPAGNE IN LONDON!
20th November 2009
Classic FM has tickets to the London performance of Pictures Reframed, on 4 December at 9.30pm at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre. Before the concert, the winner and a guest will be treated to dinner and a bottle of champagne at Skylon restaurant.
The winner will...
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| LES "TABLEAUX" RÉENCADRÉS
20th November 2009
La Libre Belgique on the new pictures...
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| LES TABLEAUX D'UNE EXPOSITION DE MOUSSORGSKY REVISITÉS
18th November 2009
Le Soir previews the Brussels performance
Le pianiste norvégien Leif Ove Andsnes et le plasticien performeur et vidéaste sud-africain Robin Rhode ont décidé de s’attaquer aux fameux « Tableaux d’une exposition », cette formidable évocation des croquis de l’architecte Hartmann confiée...
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| SOUND AND VISION: A PIANO RECITAL WITH A MULTIMEDIA HEART
16th November 2009
New York Times reviews the premiere
The remarkable Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is a self-effacing, substantive and completely unflashy artist. You would not peg him as someone curious to explore multimedia and reinvent the piano recital.
Yet several years ago Mr. Andsnes...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED PREMIERED
16th November 2009
On Friday, November 13, Vogue magazine’s website reported that “people were talking about” the world premiere scheduled that evening for “Pictures Reframed” at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City. That talk clearly translated into a sold-out show that night, which...
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| THE IDEAL PARTNERSHIP OF VISION, METAPHOR AND MUSIC
14th November 2009
concertonet.com reviews premiere of Pictures Reframed
Schoenberg refused to write music for movies unless the actors spoke-sang their lines. Rossini never ate in a restaurant with music (“An insult to the musicians and the chefs.”) One can name on two fingers the great operas based...
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| PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT...
13th November 2009
Vogue picks Pictures Reframed as the hottest music talk around town right now
A couple of years ago, the acclaimed Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performed on a grand piano precariously perched on the edge of a mountain cliff in Norway—classical music with a dash of vertigo....
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE INTERVIEWS LEIF OVE AND ROBIN
12th November 2009
Listen to the radio programme online:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p004vqlm/The_Strand_12_11_2009/...
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| ESQUIRE MAGAZINE FEATURES PICTURES REFRAMED
11th November 2009
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| TIME OUT NEW YORK PREVIEWS PICTURES REFRAMED
10th November 2009
It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to submerge a grand piano for art’s sake, but Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes knows a good image when he sees one. So did Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, whose piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition served as the inspiration for Pictures...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES AND ROBIN RHODE COME TOGETHER IN A RADICAL AND STUNNING INTERPRETATION OF MUSSORGSKY'S MASTERPIECE
10th November 2009
Dazed & Confused talk to both artists
At first glance, the South-African artist Robin Rhode and leading Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes seem like a pretty unlikely pairing, one of them has a back-history of creating politically-charged street-art while the other is one of the...
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| THE MEANING OF LEIF
9th November 2009
Classical Music Magazine talks to Leif Ove about reaching middle age...
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| AWASH IN NOTES? PIANO DROWNS IN ANDSNES CONCERT
5th November 2009
Reuters discuss Leif Ove's special project
It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.
Video footage of a black grand piano under tons of water in a Bergen dry...
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| PIANIST PÅ UTSTILLING
2nd November 2009
Leif Ove talks to Dagsavisen about Pictures Reframed
Leif Ove Andsnes tar den klassiske konsertformen et skritt videre i høst. Hans framførelser av Mussorgskijs «Bilder på en utstilling» er en visuell opplevelse som mange rockestjerner vil misunne ham.
– Altfor mange konserter...
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| PLAYING TO THE GALLERY
1st November 2009
BBC Music Magazine previews Pictures Reframed in the December issue....
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| THE PIANO MAN
1st November 2009
Norwegian Air inflight magazine portraits Leif Ove as cover feature this month...
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| GIORNALE DELLA MUSICA PREVIEWS PICTURES
30th October 2009
Riportare I quadri di un'esposizione di Mussorgskij alle arti visive» è un'idea tanto semplice quanto affascinante, se a realizzarla sono un giovane pianista norvegese di fama internazionale come Leif Ove Andsnes e un artista sudafricano tra i più interessanti del panorama contemporaneo...
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| CONTEMPORARY ART AND CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERACT MAGNIFICENTLY
29th October 2009
Flash Art previews Pictures Reframed and concludes: "...It's a highly theatrical moment, and an effective indicator of how working on a different existing format can constitute a liberating experience for both artists"
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| A RUNNING COMMENTARY WITH NEAR-HITCHCOCKIAN OVERTONES
28th October 2009
Rachmaninov concerto no. 4 in Scotland
Last weekend Leif Ove Andsnes performed Rachmaninov concerto no. 4 in three concerts with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Stéphane Denève in Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
This coming weekend he travels to Rome to perform the...
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| PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION OPENS LINCOLN CENTER'S NEW VISIONS SERIES
28th October 2009
Playbill Arts announces: "Andsnes and Rhode Premiere Pictures Reframed Nov. 13-14"
Visual artist Robin Rhode and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes present the world premiere of Pictures Reframed at Alice Tully Hall Nov. 13 and 14. The unique performance of Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition...
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| LEIF OVE FEATURES AS SPECIAL GUEST ON VIGGO PÅ LøRDAG (NORWEGIAN TV)
27th October 2009
View the programme online: http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/569102
Leif Ove Andsnes will be the special guest of the celebrity Norwegian presenter, Viggo Johansen, on this weekend's edition of Viggo på Lørdag broadcast nationally on NRK1, Saturday 31st October at 22.35. This week...
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| CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE
27th October 2009
Derelict factories and disused shipyards ...
Classic FM Magazine previews Pictures Reframed: "Derelict factories and disused shipyards flooded with water aren't the first venues that spring to mind for a concert, but that's exactly where acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performed...
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| BBC TV NEWS
26th October 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes and Robin Rhode talk to BBC TV in advance of the London concerts on the 4th of December.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8328992.stm...
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| MUSSORGSKY CLASSIC GETS DROWNED IN SOUND
23rd October 2009
The Independent reports on Pictures Reframed: "On Monday at the Southbank Centre, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will unveil his new DVD, Pictures Reframed, in which a Steinway is ritually drowned. Two years previously he'd put this same instrument on a snowy mountain peak...
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| BODY, MUSIC AND WALL
20th October 2009
Italy's Urban magazine features Pictures Reframed....
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| ULIKE ENERGIER
13th October 2009
Det norske kammerorkester ville i mange retninger da de søndag åpnet sesongen i Operaen. Mozart var en gjennomgangsfigur. Aftenposten reviews the concert.
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| EN SMILENDE REISE MOT LYSET
13th October 2009
Vårt Land reviews concert at Oslo Opera & Ballet...
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| SAMSTEMT
12th October 2009
Genuin sesongstart med Andsnes og det Norske Kammerorkester
Med Leif Ove Andsnes som solist, urfremforing av en klaverkonsert av Bent Sorensen, Isabelle von Keulen som leder og Den Norske Opera som konsertsal, ble Det Norske Kammerorkesters sesongstart en kveld man vill huske en...
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| THE NORWEGIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PREMIERES BENT SORENSEN WORK WITH ANDSNES AT THE NORWEGIAN OPERA & BALLET IN OSLO 11th OCTOBER
11th October 2009
Per Erik Kise Larsen tells the story from the beginning...
We had worked with the idea for some time. As the director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, I wanted to programme some music for piano and orchestra in contrast to the classical pieces by Mozart and Beethoven. It makes...
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| MORGENSTEMNING I BJØRVIKA
10th October 2009
Klaverkonserten "Morgen", som danske Bent Sørensen har skrevet for Leif Ove Andsnes og kammerorkestret, ble unnfanget i en midnattstime på pianobaren Broadway i Wien.
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| GALLERY VIEW
28th September 2009
Gramophone pictures Leif Ove's latest project...
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| COLLABORATION IN RISØR
28th September 2009
Listen Magazine's Ben Finane visits Norway at midsummer and reports...
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| REAL CHAMBER PLAYING ...
24th September 2009
The Guardian reviews Leif Ove Andsnes, Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff in recital at London's Wigmore Hall
Although in Britain we generally hear him in solo recitals and playing concertos, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is an accomplished chamber musician, too, who has forged partnerships...
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| "TA-TSCHSCHSCH-TA-TSCH-DA-DA"
23rd September 2009
Art Das Kunstmagazin previews Pictures Reframed
Bekannt wurde Robin Rhode mit schnellen an eine Mauer oder auf den Asphaltboden aufgemalten Skizzen, zu denen er für die Foto- oder Filmkamera improvisierte. Im Herbst und Winter geht der in Berlin lebende Südafrikaner mit dem norwegischen...
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| KLASSISK MAGAZINE PREVIEWS PICTURES REFRAMED
23rd September 2009
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| PICTURES REFRAMED IS CENTERPIECE FOR LEIF OVE ANDSNES'S 2009-10 SEASON
22nd September 2009
“Pictures Reframed” – Collaborative Project with South African Artist Robin Rhode, Inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition – Is Centerpiece for New Season; World-Premiere Performances Set for November 13 and 14 at New York’s Lincoln Center, Followed by International Tour
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| "TRANSPARENT COLORINGS AND INCISIVE ARTICULATIONS"
7th September 2009
The New York Times reviews Shadows of Silence
ALTHOUGH the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has built his reputation in large part on elegant performances of standard repertory, he has also played a sizable number of contemporary works. His latest recording, “Shadows of Silence,”...
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| WHEN BRUSHSTROKES MET KEYSTROKES
23rd August 2009
Fall Preview 2009 of Pictures Reframed in New York Magazine
Modest Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition was the composer’s attempt to re-create the experience of looking at paintings; now the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the South African artist Robin Rhode...
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| MUSSORGSKY'S "PICTURES" GOES MULTIMEDIA
21st August 2009
NPR's "All Things Considered" previews Pictures Reframed.
Robert Siegel interviews Leif Ove Andsnes and Robin Rhode In New York as they prepare for the premiere.
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes works within the refined world of classical music. But that doesn't mean he's not...
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| PIANISTIC PICTURES TRUMP DIVA IN NAPA
4th August 2009
The San Francisco Classical Voice reviews Napa Valley Festival concert
The Program began with Mussorgsky’s 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition, performed by one of the world’s finest — and most self-effacing — pianists, Leif Ove Andsnes. Part II featured the glamorous diva Renée Fleming...
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| MOZART RETURNS, WITH POSSE IN TOW
30th July 2009
The New York Times reviews Mostly Mozart concert
Alliteration aside, the beauty of the name Mostly Mozart — and the key to its proven ability to sustain a festival at Lincoln Center through 43 years of radically changing times — lies in the imprecision of the adverb, perennially...
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| IMPRESSIVE SUPPLENESS AND ABSOLUTE PINPOINT CLARITY ...
30th July 2009
The Star Ledger reviews Mostly Mozart concert
Leif Ove Andsnes' graceful take on a Beethoven piano concert opened this year's Mostly Mozart festival Tuesday night.
At opening night of Lincoln Center's 43rd Mostly Mozart Festival at Avery Fisher Hall Tuesday night, one felt tempted...
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| WNYC IN INTERVIEW WITH LEIF OVE ANDSNES
29th July 2009
Whilst performing in New York at the Mostly Mozart Festival, the US radio station WNYC caught up with Leif Ove Andsnes to talk about his latest recording "Shadows of Silence" and his upcoming recital programme "Pictures Reframed":
"Leif Ove Andsnes is among today’s most enterprising...
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| FESTIVAL DEL SOLE ENDS ON HIGH NOTE WITH ANDSNES
29th July 2009
The Napa Valley Register reviews festival concert
Festival del Sole 2009 ended on a high note Saturday with the bold stamp of the imperious Ludwig van Beethoven as interpreted by the award-winning 39-year-old Norwegian pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes.
One of the most compelling artists...
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| RECORD GEIJUTSU FEATURES LEIF OVE AS ARTIST OF THE MONTH FOR THE THIRD TIME
28th July 2009
It's an honour to be featured once in a lifetime as Artist of the Month in Japan's famous Record Geijutsu, but this month Leif Ove has been the subject of a 6 page feature detailing his career, for the third time in a period of just 4 years (once in February 2006 and again in June...
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| THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE REVIEWS SHADOWS OF SILENCE
26th July 2009
"Technical panache and emotional transparency"
This superb new disc from the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is a godsend for listeners convinced they don't like or understand contemporary music - and for anyone else besides. Deploying the same blend of technical panache and...
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| THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER REVIEWS SHADOWS OF SILENCE
19th July 2009
"Scintillating Clarity"
Leif Ove Andsnes talks about performing contemporary music "without tears" - his charming euphemism for music without pain. That said, this magnificently selected and played disc showcases some of the toughest musical personalities of our time, but with...
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| REVOLUTION IN RISØR!
8th July 2009
Classical Source reviews this year's festival
"Revolution" was the unifying theme of this year's Risør Festival, the nineteenth. By one of those extraordinary quirks of history, in 1795
whilst Beethoven was busy initiating a musical revolution in Vienna, a sailing ship put-in...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED PREVIEW IN RISØR
6th July 2009
It's midnight, it's still light and the heat is intense as Norway experiences a record summer. A crowd of 800 people are gathered outside an old fish factory on the harbour front waiting to take their seats for a performance that notches up a first in Leif Ove Andsnes' career. This...
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| POKER HOT HEAT FOR "REVOLUTIONARY" FESTIVAL
30th June 2009
The weather could not have been better. Whilst southern Europe was sitting in rain clouds the sun poured down on Risør for the 19th
annual festival, bathing the town in a dazzling light whilst boats skimmed across the glistening water. With the raging heat came this
year's theme...
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| ROMANTIC SOLUTIONS IN ROSØR
30th June 2009
The magic of Risør is that it is small and intimate. The downside is that there is only one hotel and a lot of demand for rooms. So the
Risør Festival has come up with a brilliant solution. For the second year running at the end of June an old cruise ship docked in Kristiansand...
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| CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE FJORDS
30th June 2009
De Standaard reviews the Risør Festival...
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| FRAMED IN MUSICAL STORYTELLING
26th June 2009
Aftenposten reviews Pictures Reframed in Risør
Noe lignende hadde de nok ikke sett før, de rundt 400 som benket seg i den store verftshallen på Holmen utenfor den hvite sørlandsbyen sent onsdag kveld og over i den første torsdagstimen: Kammermester Andsnes i kjent positur over...
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| NEW LOOK FOR VALIANT PIANO
24th June 2009
The valiant piano which features in the final movement of Robin Rhode’s film Pictures Reframed has been revealed as Mr 55834 from Germany. Built in 1908 by Rud Ibach & Sohn, the piano had a long and cherished career before it was discovered by Norwegian TV in the lobby of a hotel...
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| WHAT A PIANIST. WHAT A BAND.
22nd May 2009
The Glasgow Herald reviews concert from Norwegian Chamber Orchestra tour, Glasgow
WHAT an enthralling concert the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the great pianist Leif Ove Andsnes brought to Glasgow on Wednesday.
To be frank, I didn't know what to expect. It's a long time since...
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| A PASSIONATE, COMMITTED AND UTTERLY CONVINCING PERFORMANCE
20th May 2009
Seen and Heard reviews concert from Norwegian Chamber Orchestra tour, London
All standing and performing from memory, that’s a level of commitment rarely seen in orchestral playing on the London stage. In fairness, it was only Grieg’s Holberg Suite that was played without the dots,...
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| A PERFORMANCE FULL OF INSIGHT
20th May 2009
The Guardian reviews concert from Norwegian Chamber Orchestra tour, Birmingham UK
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes's successful collaboration with his compatriots, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, gained a Grammy nomination for their recording of two Mozart concertos earlier this year,...
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| HUGE TRUST BETWEEN PIANIST, CONCERTMASTER AND ORCHESTRA.
19th May 2009
Concert review from Norwegian Chamber Orchestra tour, Birmingham UK
Currently on tour in the UK with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes and the ensemble are receiving great reviews for their distinctive and intimate partnership:
It’s all Norway at the moment. From...
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| AUF DEM WALRÜCKEN MUSIZIEREN
7th May 2009
Die Zeit previews the Risør Festival
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| WENN DIE STILLE EXPLODIERT
29th April 2009
Der Spiegel reviews Leif Ove Andsnes in concert and on CD
Ob Rachmaninow oder Schubert, der virtuose Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes kann alles. Auch vermeintlich spröde Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts gelingt dem Norweger spielend - und so klingt bei ihm sogar Stille anregend.
Rachmaninow...
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| VG NORWAY UNVEILS PICTURES REFRAMED SET DESIGN IN DISCUSSION WITH LEIF OVE ANDSNES
28th April 2009
In his first interview about Pictures Reframed Leif Ove Andsnes talks today to the Norwegian national paper, VG, in advance of the "sneak preview" performance at this year's Risør Festival on 24th June.
(VG) Leif Ove Andsnes tøyer grensene, ikke bare over klaveret. Nå samarbeider...
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| DALBAVIE PREMIERES IN PARIS AND AMSTERDAM
15th April 2009
As "Shadows of Silence" - Leif Ove Andsnes' latest EMI Classics release which features Marc André Dalbavie's Piano Concerto - garners rave reviews, the pianist has simultaneously been performing the work in concert. In March he played with Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestre Philharmonique...
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| LEIF OVE VOTED NO.1 SOLOIST IN JAPAN
8th April 2009
A one hour TV special entitled "NSO Hour" broadcast nationwide in Japan on 15 March chose Leif Ove Andsnes as the "Best Soloist of the Year" in 2008 following his performances of Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra last November.
Meanwhile in a general...
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| "L'UN DES PIANISTES LES PLUS PROFONDS, LE PLUS JUSTES DE MOMENT..."
6th April 2009
Le Monde reviews Shadows of Silence
Seuls quelques grands noms peuvent se permettre la "folie" d'enregistrer pour un grand label un programme d'oeuvres contemporaines. C'est le cas de Leif Ove Andsnes, l'un des pianistes les plus profonds, le plus justes du moment, qui a signé,...
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| PICTURES REFRAMED GOES LIVE
26th March 2009
Plans are under way for this Autumn's major project entitled "Pictures Reframed" in which Leif Ove Andsnes is joined by artist Robin Rhode, in a specially created programme featuring music, film and pictures. With a major tour planned in the States and Europe, a CD and DVD release...
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| RISØR
20th March 2009
Risør Festival featured in the BBC Music Magazine
In the February issue of the BBC Music Magazine, Nick Shave reports on the musical pleasures of the 2008 festival (see attached article).
Meanwhile the 2009 festival is announced to take place from 23 - 28th June; the programme...
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| OPENING THE FLOODGATES
17th March 2009
In 2007 Norwegian TV filmed Leif Ove Andsnes perched at the top of a mountain playing Grieg. Now the same crew has just filmed Leif Ove playing Mussorgsky in a disused ship yard in Bergen as water flooded in. Why? The filming is part of a new TV profile on Leif Ove Andsnes as he...
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| "NIMBLE FINGERS"
14th March 2009
Shadows of Silence CD review in The Times
This contemporary programme from the pianist pointedly avoids the cerebral. French finesse and playfulness characterise the two concertos, even when one of them is Polish (Lutoslawski's). Marc-André Dalbavie's enjoyable and eccentric concerto...
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| "STUNNING"
10th March 2009
concert review of Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto in London
There is a great deal to be said for keeping a restraining rein on the romanticism of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. The composer himself was scarcely over-indulgent on the recording he made in 1939-40, playing a...
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| "REFRESHING AND ABSORBING"
10th March 2009
concert review of Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto in London
... From first note to last, this was a refreshing and absorbing account of Rachmaninov’s most-expansive piano concerto, a performance of co-operation, integration and discretion, which allowed the most ‘full-on’ moments...
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| "QUIET LUMINOSITY AND LUXURIANT TONE"
9th March 2009
concert review of Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto in London
Purposefully written for his concert tour of the USA in 1909, Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto was designed to impress. It’s a show-off piece ... But, as the gifted Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has been demonstrating...
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| TEEMING WITH DETAIL AND SUBTLE SHIFTS OF LIGHT
9th March 2009
concert review of Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto in London
Antonio Pappano isn't actually principal guest conductor of the LSO, but he might as well be, given the frequency of his visits and the strength of the relationship he has clearly built with the players. This all-Russian...
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| ENDURING PARTNERSHIP
9th March 2009
concert review of Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto in London
One of the great pleasures of experiencing Antonio Pappano on the concert hall podium, rather than his more familiar position in the Royal Opera House pit, is just what a physical impression he makes. Arms sculpt the air...
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| FIRST REVIEWS OF SHADOWS OF SILENCE
9th March 2009
EMI Classics has just released Leif Ove Andsnes' new recording of work
by contemporary composers Sørensen, Dalbavie, Lutoslawski and Kurtag.
The first reviews for the album are just appearing
"Leif Ove Andsnes is that rare thing - a pianist of huge stature in
core classical...
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| "WITH THE ENERGY OF YOUR DREAMS POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS"
4th March 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes as Ambassador for StatoilHydro's "The Heroes of Tomorrow" programme
As an upcoming, young pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes received his first sponsorship from StatoilHydro aged 20 in 1990 and today, nearly two decades on, he is a household name in Norway and internationally...
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| CHANGING A MONSTER INTO A RUSSIAN BEAUTY
2nd March 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto in Stockholm and Hamburg
Leif Ove Andsnes is on tour again performing Rachmaninov's 3rd piano concerto, a work he played often in his earlier years but which he returned to this season for the first time in nearly a decade....
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| LIVE ON "IN TUNE"
2nd March 2009
This Wednesday (4th March) you can hear Leif Ove Andsnes live on BBC Radio 3's flagship show "In Tune" at 18.15 GMT. The interview is available to listen to on the BBC Radio 3 website for the following week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/intune/.
In interview Leif Ove will talk...
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| EXQUISITE TASTE AND FINE JUDGMENT
4th February 2009
concert review
Musicians who work together don’t have to be friends. But after hearing pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Christian Tetzlaff in a stunning duo recital Thursday at Walt Disney Concert Hall, it clearly doesn’t hurt if they are.
In a well-conceived program of...
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| PUTTING SOLO CAREERS ASIDE TO WORK ON A STAGE TOGETHER
3rd February 2009
concert review
In chamber music it is often hard to say what makes a particular pairing of players succeed. The German violinist Christian Tetzlaffand the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes routinely take time from their thriving solo careers to play duo recitals. I wonder if even...
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| WHEN MUSIC JOURNEYS BEYOND TECHNIQUE
3rd February 2009
concert review
It took all of seven seconds on Saturday night in Jordan Hall to tell that this recital was the real deal.
The packed house had not even fully quieted down when the violinist Christian Tetzlaff tore into the opening of the Janacek Sonata with a dark tone and smoldering...
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| DUO BRINGS RESTRAINT AND PASSION TO MCCARTER RECITAL
2nd February 2009
concert review
Sunday's duo recital in Princeton by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was an immaculate affair. During two hours of performing at the McCarter Theatre, neither player broke a sweat or a string. Not a note nor a hair was out of place.
In...
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| VIVID, POWERFUL, SHOCKING MUSIC FROM TWO GREAT PLAYERS
30th January 2009
Concert review
The first gesture of Leos Janacek's Violin Sonata, an anguished and violent wail from a violin, snatched and amplified by piano, is shocking music. It was even more shocking on Wednesday night at the Chan Centre, when violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Leif...
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| CONCERT REVIEW OF CLEVELAND PERFORMANCE
28th January 2009
Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist we Clevelanders can claim as well as any other part of the world. After all, it was here in 1990 (at Blossom, actually) that he made his US debut with our orchestra. He is a tall, lean and elegantly muscular gentleman who commands the piano...
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| DIVINE DUO
27th January 2009
concert review
It’s not all that easy to maintain an artistic partnership if your primary job is “star.” Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, stopping in at Herbst Theatre last Tuesday night under the auspices of San Francisco Performances, had just come from a grueling run of performances...
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| BONDED AS MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS
26th January 2009
Concert preview
The Los Angeles Times, David Mermelstein
In advance of their Los Angeles concert together, Christian Tetzlaff and Leif Ove Andsnes talk to the Los Angeles Times. Together Andsnes and Tetzlaff will perform six concerts together across the States in a programme which...
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| CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: A CONCERT-AND-A-HALF AT SEVERANCE LAST WEEK
26th January 2009
Concert review
ClevelandClassical.com, Daniel Hathaway
No one can have gone away from the Cleveland Orchestra’s concerts last week feeling unsated. If a concert is like a well-planned menu, this Debussy-Rachmaninoff-Janáček repast was satisfyingly varied and may even have...
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| CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA HAS EXHILARATING NIGHT
24th January 2009
Concert review
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Following on from his exhilerating performance of Rachmaninov's 3rd piano concerto in Washington, Leif Ove Andnses travelled to Ohio to perform the work with one of his favourite orchestras and conductor, the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz...
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| LEIF OVE ANDSNES RETURNS TO THE U.S.
21st January 2009
Returning to the U.S. for the first time since the spring, Leif Ove Andsnes made the nation’s capital his first stop for performances of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the National Symphony Orchestra. Like most of the East Coast, Washington DC was under siege from some...
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| NSO'S REFRESHINGLY QUIRKY PROGRAM SEALS THE DEAL WITH RACHMANINOFF
16th January 2009
concert review
The Washington Post, Anne Midgette
A time-honored convention of orchestra programming is that you start with a short piece, possibly contemporary; follow it with a concerto; and finish, after the intermission, with a slightly longer work for orchestra alone. So...
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| JAPANESE SUCCESS FOR LEIF OVE
19th February 2007
Leif Ove Andsnes recently completed his 10th tour of Japan in a triumph of praise from the national press and went on to Seoul to perform a recital programme which was equally well received.
Asahi Newspaper wrote of his Tokyo Recital "Maturity and individuality. Andsnes' interpretation...
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| DALBAVIE IN JAPAN
4th September 2006
This month Leif Ove Andsnes made a quick trip to Tokyo to give the Japanese premiere of French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavie's piano concerto, a work written for and dedicated to Andsnes. The Suntory Hall concert on 25 August was part of a special festival dedicated to Dalbavie's...
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