| Biography | Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. He studied with Jirí Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory, making his debut in Oslo in 1987. He appeared in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi in 1990.
He is renowned as a champion of the works of Edvard Grieg. In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms.
In 2009, Pictures Reframed debuted at Lincoln Centers Alice Tully Hall, in which Andsnes performed Mussorgskys suite accompanied by five hanging panels and a rear video projection by Robin Rhode. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Apple Store in New York City. |