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Leif Ove Andsnes

Background information
Born 7 April 1970 (1970-04-07) (age 38)
Flag of Norway Karmøy, Norway
Genre(s) Classical
Occupation(s) Pianist
Years active 1987-present
Label(s) Vest-Norsk Plateselskap, BIS Records, Simax, Virgin Records, EMI Classics
Website www.andsnes.com

Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located southwest of the city of Haugesund. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music BIS Records is a Record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Artists Composers Thomas Adès Karl Jenkins Sir Paul McCartney Ian Anderson Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen. The Grieg Academy is a music conservatory in Bergen, Norway and part of the University of Bergen. He is an ardent champion of the works of Edvard Grieg.

Andsnes is one of the most respected classical pianists in the world today and has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards four times (as of December 2004). The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " He has won numerous awards, including the Hindemith-Prize (1987), Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (1997), Royal Philharmonic Society Award, (2000), and the Gramophone Awards – Instrumental Award, (2002, for Grieg's Lyric Pieces). Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Deutscher Schallplattenpreis was a prize that the Deutsche Phono-Akademie awarded from 1963 through 1992 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( RPO) is a British Orchestra based in London. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Gramophone Awards are one of the most significant honours bestowed on the classical Record industry, often referred to as the Oscars for classical See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lyric Pieces ( Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo Piano written by Edvard Grieg.

In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907 was the only Concerto Grieg completed The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily Orchestral

Also a renowned chamber musician, he holds the position of Artistic Director at the Risør Festival of Chamber Music. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber

Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

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Discography

LP

CD

CD (miscellaneous)

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)
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)
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)
Misc. The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest Orchestral institutions Dmitri Georgievich Kitajenko (born 18 August 1940) is a Russian conductor 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)
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)
Misc. artists
Koch Classics 3-1651-2
Andsnes is represented with Schubert's 'Nocturne in E, D 897', previously unreleased
Vamp
MajorStudio MSCD 1147
Andsnes plays together with singer Anne Grete Preus on the previously unreleased song 'En annen sol'
Misc. artists
(2 CDs) EMI Classics 7243 5 74789 2 2
All works are previously released on EMI Classics
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)
Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 16
Relaunch of EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (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)
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)
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)
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)
Misc. Geirr Tveitt, born Nils Tveit ( October 19, 1908 &ndash February 1, 1981) was a Norwegian Composer and Pianist 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)
Misc. artists
Gramophone GCD0806
Andsnes is represented with a conversation about Grieg, together with Rob Cowan, previously unreleased

DVD

Misc. pianists
RCA Red Seal
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
EMI Classics 0946 3 10436 9 7

Biography

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

Awards

Further reading


External links

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