Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, he signed with Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the \"Beethoven Journey\" project, which included the five piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The works were recorded over three years, beginning with Nos. 1 and 3 in 2012, followed by Nos. 2 and 4 in 2013 and the Fifth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy in 2014. He is represented by IMG.

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Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian pronunciation: [læɪf ˈûːvə ˈɑ̂nsneːs]; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, he signed with Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the \"Beethoven Journey\" project, which included the five piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The works were recorded over three years, beginning with Nos. 1 and 3 in 2012, followed by Nos. 2 and 4 in 2013 and the Fifth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy in 2014. He is represented by IMG.\n

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Biography

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

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

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

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

He helped found the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in 1991 and was its artistic director until 2010. In June 2012, he served as music director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival.\n

He is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.\n

Awards

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

Andsnes also received the Gilmore Artist Award in 1998. He is one of only nine pianists to receive the award.\n

Andsnes has been nominated for a Grammy Award on eleven occasions.\n

Personal life

Andsnes's partner is Norwegian horn player Ragnhild Lothe. They have three children.\n

Discography

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

LP

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

CD

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

CD (miscellaneous)

Movements (1993)

Andsnes/Antonsen/Mørk/Thorsen

EMI Norsk AS SKR 0001

Andsnes is represented with 5 piano pieces previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993)

Andsnes, Antonsen, Mørk (1995)

EMI Classics 7243 5 55576 2 9

Andsnes is represented with miscellaneous piano pieces previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991), Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Classics 0777 7590722 3 (1992)

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Symphony in C Minor (1995)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitajenko

Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 08

Andsnes is represented with Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991)

Chopin for Dummies (1996)

Misc. pianists

EMI Classics 7243 5 66273 0 7

Andsnes is represented with Chopin's 'Mazurka In A Minor, Op. 17 Nr. 4', previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7590722 3 (1992)

Classical Sounds of Norway (1996)

Misc. artists

Bare Bra Musikk AS BBCD 2001

Andsnes is represented with the 1st movement of Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991)

Delft Chamber Music Festival – Pettersson/Stravinsky/Schubert (1998)

Misc. artists

Koch Classics 3-1651-2

Andsnes is represented with Schubert's 'Nocturne in E-flat, D 897', previously unreleased

En annen sol (2000)

Vamp

MajorStudio MSCD 1147

Andsnes plays together with singer Anne Grete Preus on the previously unreleased song 'En annen sol'

Leif Ove Andsnes • A Portrait (2001)

Misc. artists

(2 CDs) EMI Classics 7243 5 74789 2 2

All works are previously released on EMI Classics

Piano Nocturnes (2001)

Misc. pianists

(2 CDs) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 61952 2 6

Andsnes is represented with previously released works on Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Classics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993)

Grieg: Lyric Pieces (2002)

Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 16

Relaunch of EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002)

Best of 2002 (2002)

Misc. artists

Classic fm CFMACD92

Andsnes is represented with Grieg's 'Wedding Day At Troldhaugen, Op. 65 Nr. 6', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002)

Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of July 2003 (2003)

Misc. artists

Gramophone GCD0703

Andsnes is represented with the 4th movement from Schubert's 'Piano sonata in D, D850', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 57509 2 1 (2003)

Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of September 2004 (2004)

Misc. artists

Gramophone GCD0904

Andsnes is represented with works previously released on EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 45668 2 0 (2004) and EMI Classics 7243 5 57790 2 1 (2004)

Venn (2005)

Misc. Norwegian artists

(2CDs) Universal Music

Andsnes is represented with Geirr Tveitt's 'Welcome with honor', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 56542 2 9 (1998)

Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of November 2005 (2005)

Misc. artists

Gramophone GCD1105

Andsnes is represented with the 2nd movement of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 1', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 4 74813 2 1 (2005)

Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of August 2006 (2006)

Misc. artists

Gramophone GCD0806

Andsnes is represented with a conversation about Grieg, together with Rob Cowan, previously unreleased

Studio albums

2012: The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concertos Nos.1–5, Sony Classical
2014: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 4, Sony Classical
2014: The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concerto No.5 \"Emperor\" & Choral Fantasy, Sony Classical
2017: Sibelius, Sony Classical
2018: Chopin, Sony Classical
2021: Mozart Momentum – 1785, Sony Classical
2022: Mozart Momentum – 1786, Sony Classical

DVD

The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary Piano Extravaganza (2004)

Misc. pianists

RCA Red Seal

Leif Ove Andsnes plays Bach & Mozart (2005)

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

EMI Classics 0946 3 10436 9 7

Filmography

Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (2015) as himself

Biography

Leif Ove Andsnes: I og med musikken (2005)

Written by Astrid Kvalbein

Released by Det Norske Samlaget, ISBN 82-521-6526-5

References

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External links

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Official website
Leif Ove Andsnes management – IMG Artists
Leif Ove Andsnes management – Enticott Music Management
Leif Ove Andsnes – Discogs
Leif Ove Andsnes – AllMusic
Leif Ove Andsnes – Warner Classics
Leif Ove Andsnes – Sony Classical
Leif Ove Andsnes – Sony Classical Germany
Leif Ove Andsnes – Steinway & Sons
Leif Ove Andsnes – Royal Academy of Music
Leif Ove Andsnes – International Journal of Music
Leif Ove Andsnes at NPR Music

interview, feature article\n
- Transcript of the interview by classical music radio presenter Bruce Duffie (January 1995)
- Pianist Magazine (October 2001) cover story
- Gramophone (October 2010) cover story
- Gramophone (May 2021) cover story
- Presto Music (2021) Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart Momentum
- Presto Music (2022) Leif Ove Andsnes on Dvořák's Poetic Tone Pictures
- Leif Ove Andsnes: The End of a Journey (Tidal magazine, 2014)
- English version of the cover story in German Klassik Heute magazine

Audio and video\n
- WGBH: Andsnes plays Granados: 12 Danzas españolas Op. 37, No. 5 Andaluza
- NPR: Leif Ove Andsnes: Tiny Desk (home) Concert
- WQXR: Leif Ove Andsnes Live in Conversation and Performance
- Documentary: \"The Sound of Magic – Leif Ove Andsnes\" | Feat. New York Philharmonic (2000)
- BBC Radio 3 – In Tune (26 September 2012)
- BBC Radio 3 – In Tune (3 March 2014)
- WGBH Radio Boston – The Answered Question (5 May 2017) Leif Ove Andsnes on Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4
- Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: Leif Ove Andsnes and Edward Gardner in Conversation (2017)
- Living the Classical Life: Ep. 97 • Leif Ove Andsnes • \"Intimacy is so important in music\" (July 2022)

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