Friday, February 7th, 8.30 PM at Sala 500
Winner of seven Gramophone Awards e nominated for eleven Grammys, over the past thirty years he has performed in the most prestigious concert halls worldwide and with the greatest orchestras. New York Times called him «a pianist of masterful elegance, energy, and introspection», Wall Street Journal «one of the most talented musicians of his generation». The acclaimed Norwegian virtuoso Leif Ove Andsnes is the protagonist of the third concert of the Pianisti del Lingotto series at Sala 500 on Tuesday, February 7th, 8.30 PM. Already five time Lingotto Musica’s guest, between 2004 and 2019, Andsnes pays tribute to his compatriot Grieg with his youthful Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7. The program also includes the Bohemian melodies from Janáček’s cycle On an Overgrown Path VIII/17 and the beloved Chopin of the famous 24 Preludes op. 28.
After performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor in 2019, Leif Ove Andsnes returns in recital for the Pianisti del Lingotto series
Founding director of Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, Leif Ove Andsnes was co-artistic director of Risør Chamber Music Festival and served as music director of California’s Ojai Music Festival. The youngest musician to curate Carnegie Hall’s “Perspectives,” Andsnes was the subject of the London Symphony Orchestra’s Artist Portrait Series. Having been Pianist-in-Residence of the Berliner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic and Gothenburg Symphony, he achieved Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award, Gilmore Artist Award and was named one of the “Best of the Best” by Vanity Fair in 2005. As the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s first Artistic Partner, he has already led the ensemble from the keyboard in two major, multi-season projects, “The Beethoven Journey” and “Mozart Momentum 1785/86”. His discography includes more than 70 albums, from Bach to the present day: his Grieg recordings have received critical acclaim as well as his works with Ian Bostridge, Matthias Goerne and Marc-André Hamelin.
A mix between romantic Mid-Europe and deep North atmospheres through the works of Chopin, Grieg, and Janáček
Leif Ove Andsnes opens the concert with Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 by Edvard Grieg, his only piano sonata. This piece is dedicated to Niels Gade, the leading figure of Nordic school, but we can find Schubert e Schumann everywhere. On an Overgrown Path VIII/17 by Leoš Janáček is the second piece of the concert. The cycle is interwoven with Jenůfa and biographical facts about the czech composer: ten miniatures full of intensity and lyrical passages. The 24 Preludes, Op. 28 by Fryderyk Chopin close the evening. Written in Majorca during the winter of 1838, they pay tribute to Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.