Leif ove andsnes plays the marylebone piano for bbc proms
Leif Ove Andsnes (born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. For his current "Beethoven Journey" project, Andsnes performed and recorded all five of the composer’s piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra; they have been released on Sony Classical. He is represented by IMG.
Andsnes was born in Karmøy and studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory, making his debut in Oslo in 1987. He appeared in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi in 1990.
He is renowned as a champion of the works of Edvard Grieg. In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms.
He helped found the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in 1991 and held the position of Artistic Director for the festival until 2010. In June 2012, he served as Music Director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival.
Andsnes has been nominated for the Grammy Awards on eight occasions, but has not won any.
Personal life
Andsnes' partner is Norwegian horn player Ragnild Lothe. Their offspring are a daughter named Sigrid, born in June 2010 and twins Ingvild and Erlend, born in May 2013.
Discography
(For peak charting position on VG-lista, the Norwegian Albums chart, see NorwegianCharts.com page)
Andsnes/Antonsen/Mørk/ThorsenEMI Norsk AS SKR 0001Andsnes 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 9Andsnes 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 KitajenkoEdvard Grieg Museum • Trold 08Andsnes is represented with Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991)
Chopin for Dummies (1996)
Misc. pianistsEMI Classics 7243 5 66273 0 7Andsnes 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. artistsBare Bra Musikk AS BBCD 2001Andsnes 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. artistsKoch Classics 3-1651-2Andsnes is represented with Schubert's 'Nocturne in E-flat, D 897', previously unreleased
En annen sol (2000)
VampMajorStudio MSCD 1147Andsnes plays together with singer Anne Grete Preus on the previously unreleased song 'En annen sol'
Leif Ove Andsnes • A Portrait (2001)
Misc. artists(2 CDs) EMI Classics 7243 5 74789 2 2All works are previously released on EMI Classics
Piano Nocturnes (2001)
Misc. pianists(2 CDs) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 61952 2 6Andsnes 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 16Relaunch of EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002)
Best of 2002 (2002)
Misc. artistsClassic fm CFMACD92Andsnes 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. artistsGramophone GCD0703Andsnes 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. artistsGramophone GCD0904Andsnes 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 MusicAndsnes 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. artistsGramophone GCD1105Andsnes 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. artistsGramophone GCD0806Andsnes is represented with a conversation about Grieg, together with Rob Cowan, previously unreleased
DVD
The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary Piano Extravaganca (2004)
