Leif Ove Andsnes

Vital virtuoso

by James Leonard

posted 1/1/2006

A late starter, Leif Ove Andsnes entered the Bergen Conservatory when he was a comparatively old sixteen. Andsnes made up for it by making his American and British debuts and his first recording — a coruscating Prokofiev Third Concerto that made his name around the world — just three years later. Is Andsnes that good? He's certainly got the chops. A

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