Person · pianist
Leif Ove Andsnes
Albums
89
Members
0
Active
1970–present
Origin
Norway
Biography
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 "Beethoven Journey" project, Andsnes performed and recorded all five of the composer’s piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for Sony Classical. He is represented by IMG. Andsnes has won many awards, including the Hindemith Prize Frankfurt (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. Andsnes has been nominated for the Grammy Awards on eight occasions, but has not won any.
Discography
Chopin / Smetana / Beethoven
Grieg: Piano Concerto, 6 Lyric Pieces / Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 / In the Mists / On the Overgrown Path, Series 1
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 • In The Mists • On The Overgrown Path Series I
The Piano Sonatas
The Piano Sonatas / 5 Etudes / 4 Mazurkas
Brahms: Sonaten für Bratsche und Klavier / Schumann: Märchenbilder, op. 113
Piano Sonata; Lyric Pieces, Opp 43 And 54
Andsnes, Antonsen, Mørk
Piano Concerto No. 3; 5 Etudes-Tableaux
Violin Sonatas
Klaverstykker = Piano Pieces
Piano Pieces
Klaviersonate Nr. 1 / Fantasie C-dur
Klaviersonate Nr.1 • Fantasie C-dur
Piano Concerto no. 3 / 5 Etudes-tableaux
Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Drei Intermezzi, op. 117
The Long, Long Winter Night
The Long, Long Winter Night
Król Roger / Symphony no. 4 (Sinfonia concertante)
Piano Sonatas
Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings / Britten: Piano Concerto / Enesco: Légende
Songs
Piano Concertos nos. 3, 4, 11
Piano Concerto / Sonata Op. 7 / Lyric Pieces Opp. 43, 54 & 65
A Portrait
Liszt Piano Recital
Lyric Pieces
Piano Recital
Klaviersonate D 959 / 4 Lieder
Leif Ove Andsnes: A Portrait
Lyric Pieces
Violin Concertos & Violin Sonatas
Klaviersonate D 850 / 9 Lieder
Klaviersonate D 850 / Der Liebliche Stern · Tiefes Leid · Auf Der Bruck · Der Wanderer · Fülle Der Liebe · Wiedersehn · Vom Mitleiden Mariä · Im Walde · Der Schmetterling
Piano Concertos
Violin Concerto / Piano Quintet
Piano Concertos 9 & 18
Violin Sonatas
Winterreise
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Piano Sonata in B flat, D960 / Viola / Der Winterabend / Abschied von der Erde
The Piano Concertos
Horizons
Horizons - A Personal Collection Of Piano Encores
Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2
Ballad for Edvard Grieg
Ballad For Edvard Grieg
Piano Quintets
Piano Sonata D. 958 / Lieder
Late Piano Sonatas D850 • D958 • D959 • D960
Piano Concertos 17 & 20
Symphonies 1-6 / Overtures / Concertos / Wind Quintet / Piano Music
The Wanderer: Lieder & Fragments
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Schumann: Kinderszenen
Pictures At An Exhibition | Kinderszenen
Shadows of Silence
The Genius of Haydn
Piano Concertos 3 & 4
Complete Music for Piano Trio
Credits
Ballades & Nocturnes
20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years Of Classical Music
4 Hands
5 Classic Albums
A Portrait
Ballad For Edvard Grieg
Chopin / Smetana / Beethoven
Clarinet Concerto, 'Kegelstatt' Trio, Allegro For Clarinet And String Quartet
Complete Works For Piano Trio
Concerto For Piano, Trumpet & Strings / Piano Concerto / Légende
Concerto No.3, C Major, Op.26 / Symphony No.7, C Sharp Minor, Op.131
Edvard Grieg
Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata; Robert Schumann: Adagio & Allegro; Fantasie-Stücke, Op. 73; Stücke im Volston
Horizons - A Personal Collection Of Piano Encores
Klaverstykker = Piano Pieces
Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117
Klaviersonate D 850 / Der Liebliche Stern · Tiefes Leid · Auf Der Bruck · Der Wanderer · Fülle Der Liebe · Wiedersehn · Vom Mitleiden Mariä · Im Walde · Der Schmetterling
Klaviersonate Nr.1 • Fantasie C-dur
Król Roger / Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante)
Late Piano Sonatas D850 • D958 • D959 • D960
Lyric Pieces
Nocturne Music For Dreaming
Piano Concerto / 6 Lyric Pieces / Piano Concerto N°2
Piano Concerto No. 3; 5 Etudes-Tableaux
Piano Concertos
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Piano Concertos 17 & 20
Piano Concertos 3 & 4
Piano Concertos 9 & 18
Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11
Piano Concerto - Sonata Op. 7 - Lyric Pieces Opp. 43, 54 & 65
Piano Quintets
Piano Recital
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 • In The Mists • On The Overgrown Path Series I
Piano Sonata; Lyric Pieces, Opp 43 And 54
Piano Sonatas
Pictures At An Exhibition | Kinderszenen
Poetic Tone Pictures
Sibelius
The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concerto No. 5, Choral Fantasy
The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
The Long, Long Winter Night
The Piano Sonatas
The Wanderer - Lieder & Fragments
Violin Concerto / Piano Quintet
Violin Sonatas
Violin Sonatas
Who We Are
Wind Chamber Music (Complete Edition Including Wind Quintet, Op.43)
Winterreise