Saturday, July 11, 2015

Positive Quiddity: Leif Ove Andsnes

Leif Ove Andsnes (born 7 April 1970, Karmøy) is a Norwegian pianist and well-known 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.

Awards

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

                                                                 Leif Ove Andsnes

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


Note by the Blog Author

Andsnes’ EMI recordings of the four Rachmaninoff piano concerti are very highly recommended.

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