Ask Leif Ove Andsnes about the peak of his astonishing career, and the 39-year-old pianist might point to a special evening near the summit of the Swiss mountains. Here in 2003, at the annual Verbier Festival much beloved of the late HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, eight Steinway Concert Grand pianos were hauled all the way up the mountain for a distinguished gathering of the world’s greatest pianists. These were truly the ‘elite of the elite’ and included Mikhail Pletnev, Martha Argerich, Yevgeny Kissin, Emmanuel Ax, Lang Lang – and Leif Ove Andsnes. As one reviewer claimed, it was the “dream team” of world pianists.
Hailed as one of the greatest pianists of his generation, Leif Ove Andsnes has been performing regularly in the world’s most famous concert halls since he first attracted international attention in the early 1990s. His wide-ranging discography includes highly acclaimed recordings of the Grieg, Schumann and Rachmaninov concertos with the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as concertos by Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Bartók, Britten and Shostakovich, and solo works by Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Janácek, Schumann and Liszt. Andsnes has recorded exclusively for EMI Classics for more than a dozen years in which time he has won three Gramophone Awards, two Classical Brits and numerous Grammy nominations. His concert attire is provided by Issaye Miyake
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