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Schubert 4 Hands album review – affectionately searching accounts from two pianists in emotional synergy

Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou find lyrical intimacy and finely tuned emotional balance in Schubert’s late masterpieces for four hands

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou review – rewarding pairing brings intimacy and colour

A programme of solo and duo works ranged from Schubert to Beethoven, but Kurtág was the main focus, his duets beautifully shaped and vivid

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025

Leif Ove Andsnes review – an insightful champion returns Tveitt to the Wigmore stage

Geirr Tviett’s Ether Sonata – one of the Norwegian composer’s few surviving works – is a rich and characterful piece, part of a recital that also included Grieg and Chopin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025

BBC Proms 2022: this year’s must-see concerts

The world’s biggest classical musical festival returns next week. Michael Church chooses his unmissable highlights

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

Pick of the BBC Proms 2022: Presenters on the concerts they can’t wait to see

From the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to a celebration of Aretha Franklin and the music of video games, BBC TV presenters on the Proms not to miss this summer

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2022

Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Hamelin review – duo bring uncompromising brilliance to Stravinsky

The pianists united to play Stravinsky’s overwhelming and savage two-piano version of the Rite of Spring, with Adams, Schumann and Debussy in the first half

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022

BBC Proms 2022 highlights: the best concerts to book at the London festival, from the Gaming Prom to Yuja Wang

Our critic picks the best of a bumper crop of Proms gigs to book now

Evening Standard · May 19, 2022

González-Granados makes history with CSO; Andsnes superb in Mozart concertos

With Riccardo Muti forced to withdraw from this weekend’s series of concerts, Lina González-Granados became the first Latina to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022

CSO revises remainder of series program due to absence of Riccardo Muti

Muti was forced to withdraw from the remainder of his residency this week in the wake of a positive COVID test on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2022