| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | An exuberant Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in Birmingham with Andsnes and Blomstedt |
 Herbert Blomstedt brought the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester to Birmingham for the ninth of their eleven-concert, two-week Easter tour. Their magisterial account of Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony, and a fine performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto by Leif Ove Andsnes, earned them a vociferous reception. A detour to Birmingham between Interlaken and Aix-en-Provence may not seem entirely logical, but the orchestra, made up of European conservatoire students aged 18–26, very visibly enjoyed themselves.Read full review... | |
| 20-Nov-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra's Beethoven Journey in Birmingham |
 “The Beethoven Journey” is a remarkable collaboration between pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. According to Andsnes, it is “a multi-season project that will make the composer’s music the centrepiece of my life as a performer and recording artist”, and it will feature these musicians touring throughout venues in North America, Europe and Asia as well as releasing all the Beethoven piano concertos on CD.
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| 5-Oct-2012 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Andsnes joins Dudamel and the LA Phil in Beethoven |
 Long ago in my former life as a teenage record store clerk, I recall a customer who came into the store one chilly, autumn evening. A ruddy-faced man in his 50s wearing a beige cashmere coat approached the counter with a bundle of box sets in his arms; his face nearly disappearing between his scarf and his wool hat, with only the tips of his black, horn-rimmed glasses seemingly visible amidst the swirl of plaid.Read full review... | |
| 20-Sep-2012 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | The New York Phil opens its season with Beethoven and the Rite |
 It is hard to imagine that many of the world’s major orchestras will begin their seasons this year with only three people on stage. Yet in this fascinating programme which promised much and never quite delivered, New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert was joined under the proscenium arch only by timpanist Markus Rhoten and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. The rest of a reduced Phil was arrayed around the hall, mostly at the back, in a continuation of the spatial theme that had closed its last season at the Park Avenue Armory.
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