Leif Ove Andsnes’s “Beethoven Journey” begins this fall

The music of Ludwig van Beethoven will figure prominently in Leif Ove Andsnes’s 2011-12 season and beyond, with numerous concerto performances and recitals across Europe, North America, and Japan, along with his debut recording for Sony Classical. His North American concert appearances will feature Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck (November 25, 27), the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Roger Norrington (November 30 and December 1), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by David Zinman (January 12-14, 17), followed by performances of the Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt (January 19-21). In Europe, he will play Beethoven’s Third Concerto with Jirí Belohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London and on tour in Spain, and the First Concerto with Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. He will also play, and conduct from the piano, concerto performances with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. In May Andsnes will again play and conduct, with performances of Beethoven’s First and Third Concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on tour in Italy, Dresden, Prague and Bergen. The Prague concerts will be recorded live by Sony Classical and are the first part of a multi-year project entitled “Beethoven – A Journey,” which will feature Andsnes playing and recording all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos. 
 
In addition to his concerto engagements, Andsnes will embark on an eight-city recital tour across the U.S. in February, with concerts in Los Angeles (Feb 8 at Walt Disney Concert Hall); San Francisco (Feb 9); Morrow (Feb 11); Washington, DC (Feb 12); Savannah (Feb 13); New York City (Feb 15 at Carnegie Hall); Chapel Hill (Feb 17); and Chicago (Feb 19 at Symphony Center). The program, which he will also present on an extensive European tour in March and April, features works by Chopin, Debussy, Bartók, and Haydn. A spring recital tour featuring songs by Mahler and Shostakovich with baritone Matthias Goerne will bring Andsnes back to the States for performances in San Francisco, St. Paul, Kalamazoo, Detroit, and New York’s Carnegie Hall (April 23-May 1). In June Andsnes will serve as Music Director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival in California.
 
A complete list of Leif Ove Andsnes’s 2011-12 season engagements can be found below.
 
Among the many highlights of Andsnes’s 2010-11 season were two residencies – with the Berlin Philharmonic and with his hometown orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic. He also toured Europe with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and with Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, as well as performing recitals in Europe and America. Last fall, EMI Classics released a recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 with Andsnes, Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra; in the spring, Andsnes’s recording of Schumann’s complete Piano Trios with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and his sister, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, was released on the same label. About the latter, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “The best kinds of chamber music performances – and this superlative disc is among them – are the ones that combine a variety of different artistic strengths into a single complementary blend.”
 
Leif Ove Andsnes 2011-12 schedule (North American dates in bold)
 
Sep 6, 8, & 9
Hanover, Germany
NDR Radiophilharmonie/Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
 
Sep 13, 16, 17
Tokyo, Japan
NHK Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
 
Sep 19, 22
Nishinomiya and Tokyo, Japan
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10
Chopin: Ballades, Waltz, and Nocturne
 
Sep 20, 24
Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan
Grieg: selections from Lyric Pieces
Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10
Kurtág: Eight Pieces from Játékok 
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
 
Oct 5-7
Bergen, Norway
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Grams
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
 
Oct 12
London, U.K.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiří Bělohlávek
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
 
Oct 14-19
Tour of Spain
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jirí Belohlávek
Oct 14, San Sebastián, Spain (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3)
Oct 15, Pamplona, Spain (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3)
Oct 17, Zaragoza, Spain (Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3)
Oct18, Madrid, Spain (Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3)
Oct19, Valladolid, Spain (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3)
 
Oct 27-29
Vienna, Austria
Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
 
Nov 5
Gothenburg, Sweden
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
 
Nov 6
Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
 
Nov 25, 27
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
 
Nov 30 and December 1
Montreal, Canada
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Roger Norrington
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
 
Dec 11, 14, 16
Recitals in Longyearbyen, Skien and Nordfjordeid, Norway
Programs TBA
 
Jan 12-14, 17
Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
 
Jan 19-21
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
 
Feb 4
Kristiansand, Norway
Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70
Debussy: Images, Set 1 for Piano
Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1 & 3, Waltzes, and Nocturne
 
Feb 8-19
U.S. recital tour
Feb 8, Los Angeles, CA (Walt Disney Concert Hall)
Feb 9, San Francisco, CA
Feb 11, Morrow, GA
Feb 12, Washington, DC
Feb 13, Savannah, GA
Feb 15, New York, NY (Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium)
Feb 17, Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 19, Chicago, IL (Symphony Center)
Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70
Debussy: Images, Set 1 for Piano
Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1 & 3, Waltzes, and Nocturne
 
March 9-11
Örebro and Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
 
March 21-April 3
European recital tour
March 21, Schloss Elmau, Germany
March 23, Brussels, Belgium
March 25, Oslo, Norway
March 26, Paris, France
March 28, Birmingham, U.K.
March 29, London, U.K.
March 31, Florence, Italy
April 1, Genoa, Italy
April 3, Berlin, Germany
Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70
Debussy: Images, Set 1 for Piano
Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1 & 3, Waltzes, and Nocturne
 
April 23-May 1
U.S. recital tour with Matthias Goerne
April 23, San Francisco, CA
April 25, St. Paul, MN
April 27, Kalamazoo, MI
April 28, Detroit, MI
May 1, New York, NY (Carnegie Hall)
Songs by Shostakovich and Mahler
 
May 9-10
Trondheim, Norway
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
 
May 15-25
European tour with Mahler Chamber Orchestra
May 15, Brescia, Italy
May 16, Lugano, Switzerland
May 17, Torino, Italy
May 18, Bergamo, Italy
May 20, Dresden, Germany
May 22-23, Prague, Czech Republic (includes live recordings)
May 25, Bergen Festival, Bergen, Norway
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
 
May 30
Vienna, Austria
Recital with Matthias Goerne
Songs by Shostakovich and Mahler
 
June 2
Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Program TBA
 
June 7-10
Ojai, CA
Ojai Music Festival
Programs TBA
 
 
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