Leif Ove Andsnes is “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight” (The New York Times). With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, playing concertos and recitals in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, while building an esteemed and extensive discography. An avid chamber musician, he was the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival and co-artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades. He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2013.
Highlights of Andsnes’s 2026–27 season include the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert, broadcast worldwide from Turku, Finland, featuring the Grieg Piano Concerto under Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko; a season long residency with the Hamburg NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; serving as Artist-in-Residence at the 75th Bergen International Festival; and a 16-city Beethoven recital tour, including an appearance in the New York Philharmonic’s “Artist Spotlight” series at David Geffen Hall.
In addition to the Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert, which takes place in Finland for the first time, Andsnes joins the orchestra for additional performances of the Grieg Piano Concerto at home in the Berlin Philharmonie and on tour in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Aarhus, Copenhagen, and Hamburg. For his NDR Elbphilharmonie residency, Andsnes performs Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto with Music Director Alan Gilbert in Hamburg, Budapest, and Vienna, and premieres Missy Mazzoli’s new piano concerto at the “Elbphilharmonie Visions” festival. The multifaceted residency also features Britten’s Piano Concerto with Tabita Berglund, a solo recital of Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas, and chamber music with NDR musicians.
Andsnes’s Elbphilharmonie Beethoven recital anchors a spring 2027 tour marking the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death, in cities including London, Berlin, Florence, Turin, Barcelona, Paris, Bilbao, Warsaw, Chicago, Vancouver, and New York. Elsewhere in the 2026–27 season, Andsnes gives the North American premiere of Mazzoli’s concerto with Daniel Harding and the New York Philharmonic. He reunites with Harding for Brahms’s Second with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performs the Britten piano concerto with both the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Elim Chan and Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Tabita Berglund, and tours Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia.
Comprising more than 50 titles, the pianist’s discography has been recognized with eleven Grammy nominations, seven Gramophone Awards, BBC Music Magazine’s “Recording of the Year Award,” and numerous other international honors. Andsnes is also the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award, Gilmore Artist Award, Norway’s Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and the prestigious Peer Gynt Prize. He has curated Carnegie Hall’s “Perspectives” series, been the subject of the London Symphony Orchestra’s “Artist Portrait Series,” and undertaken season-long artistic residencies with the Berlin and New York Philharmonics.
Andsnes studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory under Jirí Hlinka, also receiving invaluable advice from Jacques de Tiège. Today he lives with his wife and their three children in Bergen, where he is an Artistic Adviser at the city’s Prof. Jirí Hlinka Piano Academy, as well as serving as a Visiting Professor of Piano at London’s Royal Academy of Music.
Leif Ove Andsnes presents music by Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) on his Simax Classics recording of Sonata No. 29 ‘Sonata etere’, Folk Tunes and Songs, partnering for the first time with his sister, singer Solveig Andsnes.
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Nearly a decade after their first meeting, Chamayou and Andsnes have recorded these works, to be released internationally on November 21 on Erato (Warner Classics). The release coincides with a tour featuring Schubert and Kurtág, with performances in Dijon, Madrid, Oslo, Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin …
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The Rosendal Chamber Music Festival celebrates its final edition this August, returning to Norwegian roots and the local region of Hardanger, which inspired many artists, including, Edvard Grieg. …
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Following his 2022 recital tour, which put the spotlight on Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Paintings, Andsnes’ latest solo programme features the only surviving piano sonata of his compatriot Geirr Tveitt, juxtaposed with works by Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms. …
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This summer Leif Ove Andsnes focuses on Johannes Brahms whose rich and varied chamber music resulted in some of the genre’s most pivotal works. Over four days from 10 – 13 August, Andsnes will be joined by twenty-five guest artists …
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Now almost 3 months since the start of lockdown and on the actual day of Grieg’s birthday, Andsnes and the Bergen Philharmonic perform his piano concerto in the Grieghallen and celebrate the first day that concert halls in Norway can open their doors to the public once more …
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Leif Ove Andsnes plays Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Bartók’s Three Burlesques and Schumann’s Carnaval on a European recital tour. Crowned by returns to the Vienna Konzerthaus and London’s Wigmore Hall, the tour takes him to Amsterdam, Lisbon, Heidelberg, Copenhagen, Norway’s Spitsbergen and Oslo, and Sweden’s Gothenburg …
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Leif Ove Andsnes reunites with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for European tour as part of MOZART MOMENTUM 1785/1786 …
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Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Grieg, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Piano Concerto’s premiere …
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Leif Ove on tour with the Staatskapelle Dresden performing Brahms’ first Piano Concerto & in recital with Schumann, Janáček, Bartók …
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Marc-André Hamelin and Leif Ove Andsnes’ new recording of Stravinsky for two pianos, featuring The Rite of Spring, Concerto for Two Pianos, Madrid, Tango and Circus Polka …
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From October 23 to December 3, Leif Ove Andsnes will take a new recital programme on tour across Europe with performances in Spain, Switzerland, Austria, UK Germany, Holland, Italy and Belgium (full tour details below) …
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Translated review highlights from Leif Ove Andsnes’ Sibelius Album …
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A personal tribute to the Finnish composer and his unknown piano gems …
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After drawing rave reviews in Europe, where he proved himself “a first-class Mozart interpreter” (DrehPunktKultur, Austria) in concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic, Leif Ove Andsnes returns to the States for a pair of high-profile spring collaborations …
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Applications are now open for the Professor Jiri Hlinka Piano Academy Spring masterclasses which take place in Bergen from 22 – 26 May, culminating in student concerts at both Barony Rosendal (24 May) and the Bergen Festival (26 May).
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This Spring the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra celebrates its 40th birthday by paying tribute to its life-long Leader, Terje Tønnensen, and former Artistic Partners Iona Brown (1981 – 2001) and Leif Ove Andsnes (2002 – 2010).
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