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LeifOveAndsnes in 2016-17: Marc-André Hamelin, Berlin Philharmonic, and more

AfterSoloSouthAmericanTour,LeifOveAndsnesCollaborateswithMarc-AndréHamelin,MatthiasGoerne,BerlinViennaPhilharmonics,andBostonSymphonyin2016-17

LeifOveAndsnes(photo:OezguerAlbayrak)

Bywayofanupbeattothe2016-17season,laterthismonthLeifOveAndsnes embarks onhisfirstsolotourofSouthAmerica.PerformancesinBrazil,Chile, and Argentina will showcase thesame“thoughtfullyvariedrecitalprogram”(NewYorkTimes)ofSibelius,Beethoven,Debussy,andChopin that drewravesinEuropeandNorthAmerica,promptingtheWashingtonPosttonamehim“oneofthefinestmusiciansworkingtoday.” In the coming season,hereprises a similar program at datesinJapanandSouthKorea;joinsfellowpianistMarc-AndréHamelinforan extensive U.S.andEuropeanrecitaltourofmusicfor two pianos;andreuniteswithbaritoneMatthiasGoerneforcompletetriosofSchubertsongcyclesinParisandBrussels. ThecelebratedNorwegianpianistalsolooksforwardto a number of high-profileconcertocollaborations,performingRachmaninoff’sFourthwithorchestrasincludingtheBerlinPhilharmonicandBostonSymphony; Schumann’s Concerto with Japan’s NHKSymphony; andMozart’s20thwiththeViennaPhilharmonicandothers,pairingitwithMozart’s22ndonaEuropeantourwiththeNorwegianChamberOrchestra.ThewinnerofsixGramophoneAwardsandBBCMusic’scoveted2015“RecordingoftheYear,” heheadsbackintothestudioto record twonew albums,bothdueforreleasein2017-18:aStravinsky two-piano disc withHamelinforHyperion,andasoloSibeliuscollectionforSonyClassical.Finally,asFoundingDirectorofNorway’sRosendalChamberMusicFestival,nextsummerAndsneslooksforwardtobuildingonthesuccessofitsinauguralyear,whichsoldoutwithinjustafewdaysofitsannouncementandreceivedglowingreviewsfromboththeNorwegianandinternationalpress.

SolorecitaltoursofSouthAmericaandAsia

Havingdevotedseveralrecentseasonsto“TheBeethovenJourney,”hishugelysuccessfulimmersioninthemaster composer’spianoconcertos,Andsnes’s South American recitalprogramfeaturesBeethoven’sPianoSonataNo.18,“TheHunt,”alongsideworksbyDebussy,Chopin,andSibelius.Heexplains:

“IwillbechampioningthemusicofSibeliusthisyear.I’mreallypassionateabouthispianomusic,whichissobeautifulandhaunting.Iwillbethefirsttoadmitthathispianomusicisuneveninquality,buthewroteanenormousamountofitandifyouselectcarefullyyoucanmakegreatgroupsofpieces.”

WithengagementsinRiodeJaneiro(Aug22),São Paulo(Aug2324),Frutillar,Chile(Aug27),andBuenosAires(Sep56),thetrip holds personal appeal for the pianist too. He adds:

“I’llbebringingmymotherwithmefortwoandahalfweekstosomeSouthAmericancountriesIhaven’tbeentobefore,suchasChileandPeru.We’llhavesometimeforsightseeingonthistrip,andwillbegoingtoMachuPicchu,whichI’msolookingforwardto.”

WithasimilarprogramofmusicbySibelius,Chopin,andDebussy, now pairedwithSchubert’sThreePianoPieces, he also embarks this fall onanAsiansolorecitaltour that launches in Japan, with datesinNagoya(Nov22),Saitama(Nov23),Tokyo(Nov25),andHyogo(Nov26), before culminatingwithaSouthKoreanappearanceinSeoul(Nov27).

European and U.S. tourswithMarc-AndréHamelin, piano

WhencomparingAndsnes’s recordingofHaydn’skeyboardconcertoswiththatofMarc-AndréHamelin,Gramophonemagazinewasforcedtoconclude:

“Bothbringdifferent,valuableandirresistiblydeliciousattributestoHaydn’smusic.SoI’mleftlikeachildhavingtochoosebetweensweetsorchocolate–andinthiscase,it’shardlypiggytowantboth.”

Audienceswillbespared this dilemma onthepianists’upcomingtour,whentheyjoinforcesfor two-piano recitalsofMozart’sLarghettoandAllegroinE-flat,Debussy’sEnblancetnoir,andStravinsky’sConcertoforTwoPianosandTheRiteofSpring, first inEurope(March28–April4), and then theUnitedStates(April24–May1).AndsnesisparticularlyexcitedabouttheprospectofplayingTheRiteofSpringtogether,sayingofStravinsky’smodernistmasterpiece:

“Wehavehadsomuchfunwiththispiece.Onehearsadifferentaspectofthepiecethanwiththeorchestration.Onehearsthisskeleton–therhythmsandeventheharmonies are so clear. With the orchestration you are so bowled over by the orchestralcolorsthatsomeoftheintrinsicworkmanshipisalmostlost.”

InEurope,heandHamelingiveperformancesinGermany,Switzerland, Italy, Holland,Ireland,andtheUK,wheretheyappearatLondon’sWigmoreHall(March30), while intheU.S.theymakestopsinSeattle(April24),SanFrancisco(April25),LosAngeles(April26),Chicago(April30),andWashington,DC(May1),crownedbyamain-stageappearanceatNewYork’sCarnegieHall(April28).

Schubertsongcycleswith baritone MatthiasGoerne

After a previous Carnegie Hall appearancewithhislongtimerecitalpartner,baritoneMatthiasGoerne,theNewYorkTimesfoundtheirstobe “anexemplaryconfluenceofmaterialandexecutants,reachingheavenlyheights.”Forhissecondrecitalcollaborationoftheseason,Andsnes rejoinsGoerne for performancesofallthreeSchubertsongcyclesatBOZAR in Brussels (Feb1, 3 & 4)andParis’s ThéâtredesChamps-Élysées(Feb6,810), besides giving anaccountofWinterreiseatSwitzerland’sSommetsmusicauxdeGstaad (Jan 30). Andsnes reflects:

“Asapianistwholovestodosongsaswell,particularlytheLiederofSchubert,itisadreamcometruetodothemwithmyfavoritesinger.”

Rachmaninoff, Schumann, andMozart in concert withtoporchestras

Inconcert,meanwhile,Andsnescontinuestoprovehimself a member of“anelitecircleofpianisticstardom”(NewYorkTimes).ThecomingseasonshowcaseshisinterpretationofRachmaninoff’sFourthPianoConcerto,ofwhichhis2010recordingscoredafive-starreviewintheUK’sTelegraphandpromptedtheGuardiantomarvel:“Thepassionburnsfromwithininthisincendiaryaccount.”Thejazz-inflected concertoisthevehicleforhisupcomingappearanceswithAndrisNelsonsandtheBostonSymphony(May 4–6), as well as with the BerlinPhilharmonic(May18–20),Barcelona Symphony (Sep 30–Oct 2), and Russia’s State Academic Symphony Orchestra in Vienna (Oct 17) and Nuremberg (Oct 18).

Andsnes also plays Schumann’s Concerto with the NHK Symphony (Nov 19-20), and continues his renewed focus on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. It was in that concerto, which was the first he ever performed professionally, that the New York Times found him “typically excellent, playing with immaculate touch and a restrained theatricality of his own,” at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this past summer. In the coming season, he reprises the piece with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Mozartwoche (Jan 28), with the Brussels Philharmonic under Stéphane Denève (Jan 14), and with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and AndrisNelsons in Munich (Jan 25). For his upcoming concerts at home and on tours of Switzerland, France, and the UK with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (March 6-18), he pairs the concerto with Mozart’s 22nd, of which he explains:

“I’llalsobedoinganewMozartconcertothisseason–K.482,theE-flatconcerto,No.22,whichhasbeenonthelistasoneofmy‘topfive’foralongtime.”

Highlights of 2015-16 season

Theseupcomingengagementsfollowontheheelsofanotherfullandtriumphantseasonforthepianist.AndsnesplayedMozartwiththeChicagoSymphonyandSchumannwiththeClevelandandPhiladelphiaOrchestras, and gave North American solorecitals at venues including CarnegieHallandtheKennedyCenter,afterwhichtheWashingtonPostobserved:“Greatartists,likeAndsnes,makenanosecondsindeliblymemorable.” His“BeethovenJourney”project,whichwasnamedoneofthe“Bestof2015”byboththeNewYorkTimesandtheGuardian,wasdocumentedinConcerto–ABeethovenJourney,anewdocumentaryfromaward-winningBritishdirectorandfilmmakerPhilGrabsky.Describedas“awonderfullyupliftingandrewardingexperience”that“demandstobeseen”(Gramophone),thispremieredatscreeningsaroundtheworld,andwasshownatMichaelMoore’sTraverseCityFilmFestival,whereMooreintroducedthefilmtoapackedtheater,andAndsnesjoineddirectorGrabskyforapost-screeningQA.WithTabeaZimmermann,ClemensHagen,andJamesEhnes,whosteppedinfornewfatherChristianTetzlaff, he playedBrahmspianoquartetcyclesonbothsidesoftheAtlantic,including in aCarnegieHallconcertthattheNewYorkTimesdeclared“atriumph.”Asthesubjectof his secondprestigiousLSOArtistProfileseries,hisresidencycomprisedsoloandchamberrecitalsaswellastwoconcerto performances withtheLondonSymphonyOrchestra,whichhedirectedfromthekeyboardina“nuancedandalive”(Guardian)accountofMozart’s20th.And this pastsummer,inadditiontohisMostlyMozartandRosendalChamberMusicFestivalsuccesses,AndsnesreceivedanHonoraryDoctorateofMusicfromNewYork’sJuilliardSchool,inalive-streamedceremonyattheschool’s2016commencement.

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LeifOveAndsnes: 2016-17 engagements

Aug 22–Sep 6

SouthAmericantour

SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY,and CHOPIN

Aug22:RiodeJaneiro,Brazil(TeatroMunicipaldoRiodeJaneiro)

Aug2324:São Paulo, Brazil (Sala São Paulo –Praça)

Aug27:Frutillar,Chile(TeatrodelLago)

Sept56:BuenosAires,Argentina(TeatroColón–Cerrito)

Sep10

Bergen,Norway

InternationalEdvardGriegPianoCompetition

Finalround

Sep21

Malmö,Sweden

MalmöChamberMusicFestival

SCHUBERT:FantasyinFminorforpiano, four hands, D.940

Sep 30–Oct2

Barcelona,Spain

BarcelonaSymphony/KazushiOno

RACHMANINOFF:PianoConcertoNo.4

Oct 17

Vienna,Austria

StateAcademicSymphonyOrchestraofRussia/VladimirJurowski

RACHMANINOFF:PianoConcertoNo.4

Oct 18

Nuremberg, Germany

StateAcademicSymphonyOrchestraofRussia/VladimirJurowski

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4

Nov 19 & 20

Tokyo, Japan

NHK Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Nov 22–27

Recital tour of Japan and South Korea

SCHUBERT: Three piano pieces, D. 946

SIBELIUS: Selected works for solo piano

DEBUSSY: Estampes (“Pagodes,” “La soirée dans Grenade,” “Jardins sous la pluie”)

CHOPIN: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F, Op. 15, No. 1

CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Nov 22: Nagoya, Japan (Denki Bunka Kaikan Concert Hall)

Nov 23: Saitama, Japan (Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Center MUSE)

Nov 25: Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall)

Nov 26: Hyogo, Japan (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre)
Nov 27: Seoul, South Korea (Lotte Concert Hall Seoul)

Jan 14

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels Philharmonic / Stéphane Denève

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466

Jan 25

Munich, Germany

Philharmonia Orchestra / Andris Nelsons

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466

Jan 28

Salzburg, Austria

Mozartwoche

Vienna Philharmonic / Thomas Hengelbrock

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466

Jan 30

Gstaad, Switzerland

Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad

SCHUBERT: Winterreise, D. 911 (with Matthias Goerne, baritone)

Feb 1, 3 & 4

Brussels, Belgium

BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts

SCHUBERT: song cycles (with Matthias Goerne, baritone)

Feb 1: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795

Feb 3: Winterreise, D. 911

Feb 4: Schwanengesang, D. 957

Feb 6, 8 & 10

Paris, France

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

SCHUBERT: song cycles (with Matthias Goerne, baritone)

Feb 6: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795

Feb 8: Winterreise, D. 911

Feb 10: Schwanengesang, D. 957

Feb 23, 24 (& 25 TBC)

Kristiansand, Norway

Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482

March 6–18

In Oslo and on tours of Switzerland, France, and UK with NorwegianChamberOrchestra

MOZART:PianoConcertoNo.22inE-flat,K.482

MOZART:PianoConcertoNo.20inDminor,K.466

March 6 & 7:Oslo,Norway(OsloUniversityAula)

March10:Geneva,Switzerland

March11:LaChaux-de-Fonds,Switzerland

March12:Lucerne,Switzerland

March13:Basel,Switzerland

March15:Lyon(TBC),France

March16:Amiens(TBC),France

March17:London,UK

March18:Leeds,UK

March28–May 1

Two-piano recital tours of Europe and U.S. withMarc-AndréHamelin, piano

MOZART:LarghettoandAllegroinE-flat

STRAVINSKY:ConcertoforTwoPianos

DEBUSSY:Enblancetnoir

STRAVINSKY:TheRiteofSpring

March 28–April 4: Europe

March28:Rotterdam,Netherlands

March29:Dortmund,Germany

March30:London,UK(WigmoreHall)

April1:Dublin,Ireland

April2:Chiasso, Switzerland

April3:Florence,Italy

April 4: Eindhoven,Netherlands

April 24–May 1: U.S.

April24: Seattle

April25: SanFrancisco

April26: LosAngeles

April28: NewYork (Carnegie Hall)

April30: Chicago (Symphony Center)

May1: Washington,D.C.

May 4–6

Boston,MA

BostonSymphonyOrchestra/AndrisNelsons

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4

May 7

Boston, MA

SHOSTAKOVICH: PianoTrioinE minor (with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)

May18–20

Berlin,Germany

BerlinPhilharmonic/AndrésOrozco-Estrada

RACHMANINOFF:PianoConcertoNo.4

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