Håkon Austbø
Illustration — In Mexico City, 2015. He has created many recordings for the label Brilliant Classics and Naxos Records, and is also a professor at the Amsterdam conservatory. Håkon Austbø was born in Kongsberg, Austbø studied in Paris, New York and Munich, before settling in the Netherlands in 1974.
Also recorded as Hakon Austbo
Håkon Austbø
Abril Cabrera A. / Secretaria de Cultura. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Born
- 1948 · Kongsberg.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- pianist · professor · editor · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Juilliard School
- Teachers
- Hildegunn Reuter
- Honours
- Spellemann Award for classical record of the year · Griegprisen · Spellemannprisen in chamber music · Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Austbø's recordings include works by Olivier Messiaen (complete works for piano), Claude Debussy (complete works for piano), Alexander Scriabin (complete piano sonatas), Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Leoš Janáček (complete works for piano), and Edvard Grieg (complete Lyric Pieces). Austbø was also a founder and director of the LUCE project, which was founded to realize Scriabin's Clavier à lumières.
Håkon Austbø studied at Juilliard School. Training under Hildegunn Reuter is recorded. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Distinctions recorded are Spellemann Award for classical record of the year, Griegprisen, Spellemannprisen in chamber music and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
In 1971, he received the first prize of the International Competition for contemporary music Olivier Messiaen. In 1998, he was awarded the Edison Prize for his recording of Messiaen's Catalog of Birds. In 2003, he was awarded the Grieg Prize by the Grieg Museum in Norway.
Sunday, June 07, 2015. Mexico City's Philharmonic Orchestra played music by Evard Grieg and Sigurd Jorsalfarm under host conductor Bjarte Engeset and having concert pianist Hakon Austbo. Photo by Abril Cabrera A. / Cultural Secretariat Mexico City.
Abril Cabrera A. / Secretaria de Cultura.
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