Håvard Gimse

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Håvard Gimse (born September 15, 1966 in Kongsvinger ) is a Norwegian pianist .

Life

Håvard Gimse is the brother of the cellist and artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg Øyvind Gimse .

Håvard Gimse studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the University of the Arts in Berlin with Hans Leygraf . After graduating in 1995, he continued his studies with Jiri Hlinka in Norway.

He was Artistic Director of the Elverum Festival and is currently Artistic Director of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival .

Håvard Gimse regularly gives master classes and is a professor at the Oslo Music Academy .

Appearances

Håvard Gimse is one of Norway's leading musicians. His very extensive repertoire includes a. He has performed more than 30 piano concertos, for example with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Orchestra, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Belgian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He regularly gives solo evenings and works as a chamber musician with the best artists in Scandinavia.

Awards

Håvard Gimse is the winner of the Steinway Prize (1995), the Grieg Prize (1996), the Sibelius Prize (2004) and most recently the Norwegian Critics' Prize 2011 for his performances of all Beethoven sonatas with Truls Mørk at the Bergen International Festival. He was also awarded the Diapason d'or and the Gramophone Critics Choice .

Discography

Håvard Gimse has released more than 30 CDs, including a. at Naxos, Sony and Chandos.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norway.no - official website of Norway (accessed November 25, 2011)
  2. ↑ Norway.no - official website of Norway (accessed November 25, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Gimse, Håvard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Kongsvinger