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Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes At Carnegie Hall

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Classics in Concert

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes At Carnegie Hall

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Listen to the acclaimed Norwegian pianist in a program that spans pillars of the piano literature — from Haydn to Chopin to Bartok.

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Leif Ove Andsnes: Fatherhood And Freedom At The Piano

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Classical Sessions

Leif Ove Andsnes: Fatherhood And Freedom At The Piano

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Now that Andsnes has a new daughter, he says he hears music a bit differently — with more freedom and an ear for "childlike beauty." Hear the pianist talk about fatherhood and play Granados and Grieg.

Leif Ove Andsnes: Fatherhood And Freedom At The Piano

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Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' Goes Multimedia

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Music Interviews

Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' Goes Multimedia

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and visual artist Robin Rhode are out to reframe Modest Mussorgsky's classic suite for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition. For the upcoming world premiere, the pianist will be surrounded by seven video screens as he plays the music.

Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' Goes Multimedia

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Leif Ove Andsnes: Pianist on the Precipice

WGBH Radio

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has traveled Europe to explore the life and music of his country's greatest composer, Edvard Grieg. The quest continues as Andsnes plays Grieg in the WGBH studio.

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Music Interviews

Tenor and Pianist Take on Schubert at Carnegie

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about the song cycle "Winterreise," or Winter's Journey. Bostridge and Andsnes have recorded the set of 24 moody and emotional songs by Franz Schubert on a recent CD on the EMI Classics label. They've also teamed on two other CDs pairing Schubert songs with solo piano sonatas. They're currently on tour, performing Winterreise this Saturday at Carnegie Hall.

Tenor and Pianist Take on Schubert at Carnegie

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Guest DJ Leif Ove Andsnes' Liszt List

Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, circa 1886. The 200th anniversary of his birth falls on Oct. 22.

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Deceptive Cadence

Guest DJ Leif Ove Andsnes' Liszt List

Hear the acclaimed pianist discuss and spin his favorite Liszt recordings.

Guest DJ Leif Ove Andsnes' Liszt List

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