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Leif Ove Andsnes on Geirr Tveitt
20th May 2026by Katherine Cooper
The Norwegian pianist discusses the music of his compatriot (who lost most of his unpublished manuscripts to a devastating house fire in 1970), including the extraordinary 'Sonata Etere' and the folk songs which he collected in his native Hardanger.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Schubert for Four Hands
20th Jan 2026by Katherine Cooper
The Norwegian pianist discusses sharing a keyboard with his friend Bertrand Chamayou for a mesmerising programme of late Schubert, which began life at Andsnes's chamber music festival in the fjords a decade ago.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Via Crucis
16th Jun 2025by Matthew Ash
The Norwegian pianist talks to Matthew Ash about the challenges and unique beauty of Via Crucis, his long relationship with it and the pieces he chose to complete the programme.
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Liszt from Leif Ove Andsnes
11th Apr 2025by Matthew Ash
The Norwegian pianist explores the reflective and portentous sides of Liszt, combining a little-known and overtly religious work for piano, choir and soloists with transfixing interpretations of some of his best-known and most beloved solo pieces.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Dvořák's Poetic Tone Pictures
9th Nov 2022by David Smith
The pianist talks about his new recording of Dvořák's rarely-heard contribution to the genre of pictorial piano miniatures.
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Grieg from Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes
7th Jan 2022by Katherine Cooper
The two Norwegians do their countryman proud in a programme which includes Haugtussa, Five Songs by Otto Benzon, and the Six Songs Op. 48.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart Momentum
5th Jun 2021by David Smith
The Norwegian pianist talks about his new album, the first of a diptych that focuses in on a formative moment in Mozart's evolution as a composer.
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Schumann from Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes
19th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The German bass-baritone brings near-Wagnerian intensity to Schumann's two great cycles of 1840, yet he and Andsnes are at their most spellbinding in the introspective songs.