Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes (læɪf ˈûːvə ˈɑ̂nsneːs; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, he signed with Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journey" project, which included the five piano concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The works were recorded over three years, beginning with Nos.
Leif Ove Andsnes
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- Name
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Born
- 7 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Karmøy Municipality, Rogaland, Norway
- Occupation
- Pianist
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- classical music · Classical period
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Biography
Andsnes worked across classical pianist, conductor, academic musician, recording artist and pianist and 2 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in classical music and Classical period. This article rests on 100 catalogued compositions, 70 issued recordings and 3 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Leif Ove Andsnes • Born — 7 April 1970 • Birthplace — Karmøy Municipality, Rogaland, Norway • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Pianist • Years Active — 1987–present • Website — https: leifoveandsnes.com/
Documentary record
Leif Ove Andsnes was born on 7 April 1970 in Karmøy.
Biography
Biography
Andsnes was born in Karmøy Municipality and studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory, making his debut in Oslo in 1987. He appeared at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi in 1990. He is renowned as a champion of the works of Edvard Grieg. In 2002 he played Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Last Night of the Proms. 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. Andsnes cites Dinu Lipatti, Sviatoslav Richter, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Géza Anda among his idols. He helped found the Risør Festival of Chamber Music in 1991 and was its artistic director until 2010. In June 2012, he served as music director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival. He is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Personal life
Personal life
Andsnes's partner is Norwegian horn player Ragnhild Lothe. They have three children.
LP
LP
• Chopin – Smetana – Beethoven: Sonatas etc. (1987) Vest-Norsk Plateselskap 0087-14
CD
CD
• Nielsen: The Wind Chamber Music (1989) BIS-CD-428 • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Symphony No. 7 (1990) Simax PSC 1060 • Chopin/Schumann: Cello Sonata, Adagio & Allegro etc. (1990) Simax PSC 1063 • Chopin – Smetana – Beethoven: Sonatas etc. (1991) Vest-Norsk Plateselskap 0091-0023 • Grieg: Piano Concerto • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1991) Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 • Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 • In the Mists etc. (1991) Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2 • Chopin: The Piano Sonatas (1992) Virgin Classics 0777 7590722 3 • Grieg: Piano Sonata/Lyric Pieces (1993) Virgin Classics 0777 7 59300 2 3 • Brahms/Schumann: Viola Sonatas, Märchenbilder (1993) Virgin Classics 0 777 7 59309 2 4 • Janáček • Debussy • Ravel • Nielsen: Violin Sonatas (1995) Virgin Classics 7243 5 45122 2 3 • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1995) Virgin Classics 7243 5 45173 2 7 • Nielsen: Piano Pieces (1996) Virgin Classics 7243 5 45129 2 6 • Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 • Fantasy (1997) EMI Classics 7243 5 56414 2 7 • The long, long winter night (1998) EMI Classics 7243 5 56541 2 • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc. (1998) EMI Classics 7243 5 56583 2 6 • Szymanowski: Król Roger • Symphony No. 4 (1999) EMI Classics 7243 5 56823 2 1 • Rachmaninov: Songs (1999) EMI Classics 7243 5 56814 2 3 • Haydn: Piano Sonatas (1999) EMI Classics 7243 5 56756 2 0 • Britten • Shostakovich • Enescu (1999) EMI Classics 7243 5 56760 2 3 • Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11 (2000) EMI Classics 7243 5 56960 2 1 • Liszt: Piano Recital (2001) EMI Classics 7243 5 57002 2 3 • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (2002) EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 • Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 • 4 Lieder (2002) EMI Classics 7243 5 57266 2 9 • Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 850 • 9 Lieder (2003) EMI Classics 7243 5 57460 2 3 • Grieg • Schumann • Piano Concertos (2003) EMI Classics 7243 5 57486 2 1 • Dvořák: Violin Concerto • Piano Quintet (2003) EMI Classics 7243 5 57439 2 3 • Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 18 (2004) EMI Classics 7243 5 57803 2 4 • Schubert: Winterreise (2004) EMI Classics 7243 5 57790 2 1 • Bartók: Violin Sonatas (2004) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 45668 2 0 • Bartók: The Piano Concertos (2005) Deutsche Grammophon 289 477 5330 • Schubert: Piano Sonata D960 • 3 Lieder (2005) EMI Classics 7243 5 57901 2 5 • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (2005) EMI Classics 7243 4 74813 2 1 • Horizons (2006) EMI Classics 0946 3 41682 2 9 • Schubert: Piano Sonata D958 • Lieder • Fragments (2007) EMI Classics 0946 3 84321 2 8 • Ballad for Edvard Grieg (2007) EMI Classics 0946 3 94399 2 8 / EMI Classics 0946 3 94399 5 9 (Digital) • Schumann • Brahms: Piano Quintets (2007) Virgin Classics 00946 395143 5 9 (Digital) • Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 (2008) EMI Classics 50999 5 00281 2 2 • Schubert: Lieder (2008) EMI Classics 50999 5 16443 2 1 • Shadows Of Silence (2009) EMI Classics 5099926418223 / EMI Classics 5099926418254 (Digital) • Mussorgsky: Pictures • Schumann: Kinderszenen (2009) EMI Classics 50999 6 98360 2 2 • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 (2010) EMI Classics 50999 6 40516 2 8 • Schumann: Complete works for Piano Trio (2011) EMI Classics 50999 0 94180 2 8 • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 (2012) Sony Classical 87254 20582 • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2014) Sony Classical 88837 05482 • The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concerto No. 5 • Choral Fantasy (2014) Sony Classical 88843 058862 • Sibelius (2017) Sony Classical 88985 408502
CD (miscellaneous)
CD (miscellaneous)
• Movements (1993) • Andsnes/Antonsen/Mørk/Thorsen • EMI Norsk AS SKR 0001 • Andsnes is represented with 5 piano pieces previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993) • Andsnes, Antonsen, Mørk (1995) • EMI Classics 7243 5 55576 2 9 • Andsnes is represented with miscellaneous piano pieces previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991), Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Classics 0777 7590722 3 (1992) • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Symphony in C Minor (1995) • Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitajenko • Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 08 • Andsnes is represented with Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991) • Chopin for Dummies (1996) • Misc. pianists • EMI Classics 7243 5 66273 0 7 • Andsnes is represented with Chopin's 'Mazurka In A Minor, Op. 17 Nr. 4', previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7590722 3 (1992) • Classical Sounds of Norway (1996) • Misc. artists • Bare Bra Musikk AS BBCD 2001 • Andsnes is represented with the 1st movement of Grieg's piano concerto, previously released on Virgin Classics 0777 7596132 4 (1991) • Delft Chamber Music Festival – Pettersson/Stravinsky/Schubert (1998) • Misc. artists • Koch Classics 3-1651-2 • Andsnes is represented with Schubert's 'Nocturne in E-flat, D 897', previously unreleased • En annen sol (2000) • Vamp • MajorStudio MSCD 1147 • Andsnes plays together with singer Anne Grete Preus on the previously unreleased song 'En annen sol' • Leif Ove Andsnes • A Portrait (2001) • Misc. artists • (2 CDs) EMI Classics 7243 5 74789 2 2 • All works are previously released on EMI Classics • Piano Nocturnes (2001) • Misc. pianists • (2 CDs) EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 61952 2 6 • Andsnes is represented with previously released works on Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2 (1991) and Virgin Classics 0777 7 59300 2 3 (1993) • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (2002) • Edvard Grieg Museum • Trold 16 • Relaunch of EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002) • Best of 2002 (2002) • Misc. artists • Classic fm CFMACD92 • Andsnes is represented with Grieg's 'Wedding Day At Troldhaugen, Op. 65 Nr. 6', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 57296 2 0 (2002) • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of July 2003 (2003) • Misc. artists • Gramophone GCD0703 • Andsnes is represented with the 4th movement from Schubert's 'Piano sonata in D, D850', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 57509 2 1 (2003) • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of September 2004 (2004) • Misc. artists • Gramophone GCD0904 • Andsnes is represented with works previously released on EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics 7243 5 45668 2 0 (2004) and EMI Classics 7243 5 57790 2 1 (2004) • Venn (2005) • Misc. Norwegian artists • (2CDs) Universal Music • Andsnes is represented with Geirr Tveitt's 'Welcome with honor', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 5 56542 2 9 (1998) • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of November 2005 (2005) • Misc. artists • Gramophone GCD1105 • Andsnes is represented with the 2nd movement of Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 1', previously released on EMI Classics 7243 4 74813 2 1 (2005) • Editor's Choice • The Top Ten Discs of August 2006 (2006) • Misc. artists • Gramophone GCD0806 • Andsnes is represented with a conversation about Grieg, together with Rob Cowan, previously unreleased
Studio albums
Studio albums
• 2012: The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concertos Nos.1–5, Sony Classical • 2014: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 4, Sony Classical • 2014: The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" & Choral Fantasy, Sony Classical • 2017: Sibelius, Sony Classical • 2018: Chopin, Sony Classical • 2021: Mozart Momentum – 1785, Sony Classical • 2022: Mozart Momentum – 1786, Sony Classical
DVD
DVD
• The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary Piano Extravaganza (2004) • Misc. pianists • RCA Red Seal • Leif Ove Andsnes plays Bach & Mozart (2005) • Norwegian Chamber Orchestra • EMI Classics 0946 3 10436 9 7
Filmography
Filmography
• Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (2015) as himself
Biography
Biography
• Leif Ove Andsnes: I og med musikken (2005) • Written by Astrid Kvalbein • Released by Det Norske Samlaget,
Life and work
Life and work
Leif Ove Andsnes was born on 7 April 1970 in Haugesund Municipality. Andsnes held the nationality of Norway. Andsnes studied under Jiri Hlinka and Jacques de Tiège. Recorded sibling: Ingrid Andsnes. Andsnes worked as classical pianist, conductor, academic musician and recording artist, and the authority record catalogues a further 3 occupations under the same name, among them pianist, musician and piano teacher. Andsnes was active from 1980. Andsnes was employed by Norwegian Academy of Music. The fields Andsnes worked in include classical music and Classical period. Andsnes played the piano. Andsnes worked in Norwegian.
Documentary record
Leif Ove Andsnes appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a musician, pianist and conductor (born 7 April 1970).
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1970–2017
The full dated record · 18 entries
1970
Leif Ove Andsnes born at Haugesund Municipality.
1990
Receives Griegprisen.
1991
Receives Spellemann Award for choir record of the year.
1992
Receives Spellemannprisen in chamber music.
1993
Receives Spellemannprisen in chamber music.
1998
Receives Spellemann Award of the year.
2000
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2000
Receives Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist).
2002
Receives Commander of the Order of St. Olav.
2002
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2003
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2005
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2006
Receives Aust-Agder County Culture Award.
2007
Receives Peer Gynt Literary Award.
2010
Receives Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris.
2011
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2012
Receives Spellemannprisen in classical music.
2017
Receives honorary doctor of the University of Bergen.
Catalogued output
Compositions
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. 62 further compositions are catalogued under Andsnes's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it. 37 — 3 catalogued parts. 66 — 4 catalogued parts. 14 — 4 catalogued parts. 3 — 5 catalogued parts. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra — 4 catalogued parts. 117 — 3 catalogued parts. 21 — 4 catalogued parts. 26 — 5 catalogued parts. 19 — 3 catalogued parts. 15 — 3 catalogued parts. 58 — 3 catalogued parts. 54 — 3 catalogued parts. 73 “Emperor” — 3 catalogued parts. 23 in A major, K. 488 — 3 catalogued parts. “Were You Hiccoughing?” in F major, TN ii/54. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy”: I. Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année; Italie, S. 161: Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata, S. 10 Pieces for Piano, op.
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no
3 in C minor, op
6 Romances, op
3 “In the Silence of the Secret Night”
2 Songs, TN ii/50: no
1 “At the Gates of the Holy Abode” in G minor
19 norske folkeviser, op
12 Romances, op
2 Impromptus, op
1 in B major
Allegretto in C major, D. 5 Klavierstücke, op
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The entries follow MusicBrainz
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no
3 in C minor, op
6 Romances, op
3 “In the Silence of the Secret Night”
2 Songs, TN ii/50: no
1 “At the Gates of the Holy Abode” in G minor
19 norske folkeviser, op
12 Romances, op
2 Impromptus, op
1 in B major
Allegretto in C major, D. 5 Klavierstücke, op
3 intermezzi, op
Concerto for Piano no
17 in G major, K. 453 "Second Ployer": I. 14 Romances, op
9 in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy”: III. Presto – Adagio & Menuetto
Cantabile – Tempo primo
2 in F major, op
Cançó i dansa núm
Auf der Bruck, D. 12 Romances, op
15 Romances, op
9 in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jenamy”: II. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no
2 in B-flat major, op
Allegro in A minor, D. 4 in F minor, op
1 in D minor, op
7 Bagatelles, op
7 in A-flat major
10 Pieces for Piano, op
4 in G major, op
1 in C major, op
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op
Allegretto for piano in C minor, D. Canto serioso für Horn und Klavier, FS 132
3 in A‐flat major, op
2 Songs, TN ii/52: no
1 “April, a festive day!” in E‐flat major
5 in E-flat major, op
Berceuse élégiaque, op
Auf dem Strom, D. Concerto for Piano no
Romance in D-flat major
4 “Do Not Sing, My Beauty”
6 Chants polonais, S. An die Musik, D. 11 Bagatelles, op
7 in C major: Allegro ma non troppo
2 “I Shall Tell You Nothing” in C minor
Andantino for piano in C major, D. Allegretto in C minor, D. 5 Digte, op
5: Og jeg vil ha mig en Hjertenskjaer
Agitato, EG 106
An die Laute, D. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no
2 in A major, S. Chaconne for klaver, op
32, FS 79
1 in G minor, op
Abschied von der Erde, D
Discography
Discography
(For peak charting position on VG-lista, the Norwegian Albums chart, see NorwegianCharts.com page)
Recordings and discography
Primary material
Recordings and discography
The discography assembled here shows how Andsnes's work has been published in sound, not what Andsnes made. 70 sound issues are catalogued, carrying dates from 1991 to 2026. An issue is a published recording, distinct from the composition it carries, from a printed score of that composition and from any single performance of it; none of the entries below is counted in the catalogue of compositions above, and several of them carry the same work in different readings. The 2000s are the densest decade of publication, with 27 issues. The performers and issuing labels are as the discographic register states them; where it names no performer the article names none.
Piano Concertos nos
2 & 4
2014
Piano Concertos
2003
Piano Concerto, 6 Lyric Pieces - Liszt: Piano Concerto No
Violin Concertos & Violin Sonatas
2002
The Complete Piano Concertos
2015
Klaviersonate D 959 / 4 Lieder
2002
43 & Op
54
2011
Lyric Pieces
2002
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
2005
The Warner Classics Edition 1990–2010
2023
3, 4, 11
2000
Piano Quintets
2007
Król Roger / Symphony no
4 (Sinfonia concertante)
1999
Piano Concertos 9 & 18
2004
117
1998
Piano Pieces
1996
Piano Concerto no
3 / 5 Etudes-tableaux
1997
Complete Music for Piano Trio
2011
Who We Are
2024
Shadows of Silence
2009
The Long, Long Winter Night
1998
Edvard Grieg
2022
The Piano Concertos
2005
Piano Concertos 17 & 20
2008
Poetic Tone Pictures
2022
Violin Sonatas
1995
Piano Concertos 3 & 4
2010
Geirr Tveitt
2026
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto and Symphony
A Portrait
2002
Piano Sonata D. 958 / Lieder
2007
Lieder & Fragments
2008
Chopin
2018
Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works
2025
The Beethoven Journey - Piano Concertos Nos.1-5
2014
The Rite of Spring / Concerto for Two Pianos / Circus Polka / Tango / Madrid
2018
Horizons
2006
1 & 3
2012
Pictures at an Exhibition / Schumann: Kinderszenen, dated 2009. 莫扎特&巴赫钢琴协奏曲 (Leif Ove Andsnes plays Bach & Mozart / Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Live from Oslo)
2008
Ballades & Nocturnes
2018
Piano Sonatas
1999
Sibelius
2017
Complete Piano Concertos
2012
Piano Sonata in B flat, D960 / Viola / Der Winterabend / Abschied von der Erde
2005
Late Piano Sonatas
Piano Sonatas nos
1 and 2
2006
Winterreise
2004
Songs
1999
Violin & Viola Sonatas / Marchenbilder
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings / Britten: Piano Concerto / Enesco: Légende
1999
Schubert 4 Hands
2025
5 Classic Albums
2012
The Piano Sonatas / 5 Etudes / 4 Mazurkas
1992
Liszt Piano Recital
2001
The Genius of Haydn
2009
A further 5 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Leif Ove Andsnes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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institutional register
- MusicBrainz artist record for Leif Ove Andsnes
General reference · MusicBrainz
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q453617: Leif Ove Andsnes
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Awards
Awards
Andsnes has won many awards, including the Hindemith Prize Frankfurt (1987), Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (1997), Gilmore Artist Award (1998), Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards (2000) and the Gramophone Classical Music Awards (eight times). He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2013. His recording of Beethoven's Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 4 with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra won both the Concerto Award and the Recording of the Year Award from the BBC Music Magazine in 2015. Andsnes also received the Gilmore Artist Award in 1998. He is one of only nine pianists to receive the award. Andsnes has been nominated for a Grammy Award on eleven occasions.
Honours and awards
Where the work is held
Honours and awards
They run from 1990 to 2017.
18 honours stand against the name
Classic Brit Awards
Griegprisen
1990
Spellemann Award for choir record of the year
1991
Spellemannprisen in chamber music
1992
Spellemann Award of the year
1998
Spellemannprisen in classical music
2000
Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist)
2000
Commander of the Order of St
Olav
2002
Aust-Agder County Culture Award
2006
Peer Gynt Literary Award
2007
Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris
2010
Spellemannprisen in classical music, dated 2012. Honorary doctor of the University of Bergen
2017
Authority records
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- 1.Official website. Leif Ove Andsnes: Biography.
- 2.Routledge. International Who's Who in Classical Music 2007, 23rd edition. 22. 2007. 978-1-85743-416-3.
- 3.EMI Classics. Leif Ove Andsnes – Biography.
- 4.Leif Ove Andsnes signs to Sony Classical. Gramophone.
- 5.Imgartists.com. Leif Ove Andsnes | IMG Artists.
- 6.Ove, Leif. Leif Ove Andsnes. NPR.
- 7.Cashdan, Marina. " ." Modern Painters, November 2009.
- 8.Tommasini, Anthony. Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Gives a Thoughtful Recital at Carnegie Hall. The New York Times. 17 November 2015.
- 9.Classic FM Leif Ove Andsnes: 10 facts about the great pianist. Classic FM Magazine, September 2014.
- 10.Nicholas, Jeremy. End of a Rachmaninov Odyssey (Leif Ove Andsnes Cover Story). Gramophone. 88. 1062. 36–43. October 2010.
- 11.Gutierrez, Gina. Music Directors. Ojai Music Festival. 7 March 2015.
- 12.Ledamöter. Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien.
- 13.Learn More About Leif Ove Andsnes: Gilmore Artist. The Gilmore.
- 14.Leif Ove Andsnes. GRAMMY.com. 12 November 2025.
- 15.Wise, Brian. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes Enters Midlife with Curiosity Intact. WQXR Blog. WQXR-FM. 14 February 2012.
- 16.Lara Downes on. On the Bench With Leif Ove Andsnes: At Home in the World. San Francisco Classical Voice. 3 December 2025.
- 17.Leif Ove Andsnes – The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concertos Nos.1–5 The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concertos Nos.1–5 CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 18.Leif Ove Andsnes – Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 4 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 4 CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 19.Leif Ove Andsnes – The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" & Choral Fantasy The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" & Choral Fantasy CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 20.Leif Ove Andsnes – Sibelius Sibelius CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 21.Leif Ove Andsnes – Chopin Chopin CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 22.Leif Ove Andsnes – Mozart Momentum – 1785 Mozart Momentum – 1785 CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 23.Leif Ove Andsnes – Mozart Momentum – 1786 Mozart Momentum – 1786 CD. www.sonyclassical.de.
- 24.Friday's best TV: Unreported World; Concerto – A Beethoven Journey; Psychedelic Britannia. theguardian.com. 23 October 2015.
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Leif Ove Andsnes received Commander of the Order of St. Olav, Spellemann Award for choir record of the year, Aust-Agder County Culture Award, Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris, Griegprisen and Spellemann Award of the year.
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