This documentary portrait joins pianist Leif Ove Andsnes during his concerts and rehearsals. It looks at the prodigious talent that has propelled the young pianist from his small island home off the west coast of Norway onto the world’s major concert and recital platforms and meets the good-looking pianist who reveals himself to be an independently minded artist of profound musical intelligence.
The cameras follow Andsnes to recital engagements at Carnegie Hall in New York and Copenhagen, and he is seen playing and working on repertoire ranging from Prokofiev, Brahms, Janáček, Smetana, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven to Liszt, Antheil and Kurtag. There is footage of Andsnes performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Valery Gergiev and the New York Philharmonic, as soloist with the Bergen Philharmonic conducted by Simone Young, as well as working with Heinrich Schiff and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra on Brahms’ Concerto No. 1.
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About Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes was born in Karmray, Norway in 1970 and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory. He enjoys a highly successful international career, performing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and most renowned conductors. Recent highlights included performances with the Boston Symphony, the Bayerische Rundfunk, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and return visits to the Oslo Philharmonic, the Los Angeles, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra. He is also a regular soloist at the Henry Wood Proms in London and has already undertaken five major tours of Japan.
Andsnes has also earned a reputation as an outstanding recitalist and performs throughout the world at many of the major concert halls. He has given recitals at Carnegie Hallin New York, the Barbican Hall in London, the Schauspielhaus in Berlin, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and the large hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Andsnes has also received numerous awards including the Hindemith Prize (Frankfurt, 1987), the Levin-Prize (Bergen, 1988) the Norwegian Music Critics Prize (Oslo 1988) and the Grieg Prize (Bergen 1990).
Directed by Anne Elisabeth Andersen
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