Biography
He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and made his debut in Oslo in 1987, in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi in 1990.
Andsnes has been nominated for the Grammy Awards seven times but as of December 2011, he has yet to win his first Grammy. He has won numerous other awards, including the Hindemith-Prize (1987), Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (1997), Royal Philharmonic Society Award, (2000), and the Gramophone Awards – Instrumental Award, (2002, for Grieg's Lyric Pieces).
In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms.
Also a renowned chamber musician, he helped found the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in 1991 and held the position of Artistic Director until 2010, reluctantly relinquishing the post after his live-in partner, Norwegian horn player Ragnild Lothe, gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Sigrid, on 12 June.
Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. He is represented by IMG.
In November 2009, Pictures Reframed debuted at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, in which Andsnes performed Mussorgsky’s suite accompanied by five hanging panels and a rear video projection by Robin Rhode. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Apple Store in New York City.
In June 2012, he will serve as Music Director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival.
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