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The
New York Times has called Leif Ove
Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight,” and the Wall
Street Journal described him as “one of the most gifted musicians of his
generation.” He has won international acclaim giving recitals and playing
concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and with the foremost
orchestras. Andsnes is also an active recording artist, as well as an avid
chamber musician, regularly appearing at Norway’s Risør Festival of Chamber
Music. In 2012, he will serve as Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival in
California.
Beethoven
will figure prominently in Leif Ove Andsnes’s 2011-12 season and beyond, in
concerto performances, recitals and recordings. He performs Piano Concerto No.1
in Vienna, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Boston; and Piano Concerto No. 3 on tour in
Spain with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and in Philadelphia under Herbert
Blomstedt. Both works are scheduled
for concerts across Scandinavia, and Andsnes will take them on tour with the
Mahler Chamber Orchestra through Italy, Lugano, Dresden, Prague and Bergen. His
Prague performances will be recorded live for his Sony Classical label debut:
the beginning of a multi-year project entitled “Beethoven – A Journey,”
playing and recording all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos.
"Beethoven
- A Journey" is sponsored by the Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen, a
Bergen based foundation established to honour the memory of Krisitan Gerhard
Jebsen and his contribution to the Norwegian and international shipping
business. As a foundation which, until now, has concentrated its
funding mainly on non-profit-making medical research, SKGJ's contribution to
Leif Ove Andsnes is a special commitment to an artist who has contributed so
much to Bergen cultural life. The foundation's three year engagement
includes sole sponsorship of Leif Ove Andsnes' upcoming performances of
Beethoven's Piano Concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Bergen
International Festival.
During
the 2011-12 season, Andsnes performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with
Hannover’s NDR Radiophilharmonie, Japan’s NHK Symphony, and his hometown
orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic; music by Chopin, Debussy, Bartók and Haydn
are the focus of a recital program in sixteen cities across North America and
Europe; and a spring recital tour featuring songs by Mahler and Shostakovich
brings Andsnes back to the States for performances with baritone Matthias
Goerne.
Leif
Ove Andsnes’ discography comprises more than 30 solo, chamber and concerto
releases, spanning repertoire from Bach to the present day and garnering seven
Grammy nominations and five Gramophone
Awards.
The
New York Times selected his 2004
recording of the Grieg Piano Concerto as “Best CD of the Year.” Among
his recent recordings are Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 with
Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra and Schumann’s complete
piano trios with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and his sister, cellist Tanja
Tetzlaff.
Leif
Ove Andsnes has received Norway’s most distinguished honour – Commander of
the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav – as well as the prestigious Peer Gynt
Prize, the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award, and the Gilmore
Artist Award. Saluting his many achievements, Vanity
Fair named Andsnes one of the “Best of the Best” in 2005.
He
was born in Karmøy, Norway in 1970, and studied at the Bergen Music
Conservatory under the renowned Czech professor Jiří Hlinka. Andsnes is a
Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, a Visiting Professor at the
Royal Music Conservatory of Copenhagen, and a member of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Music. In June 2010, he achieved one of his proudest accomplishments
to date: he became a father.
November 2011 IMG Artists
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