Sigurd Slåttebrekk
Sigurd Slåttebrekk (* 1968 in Stavanger ) is a Norwegian pianist .
life and career
Slåttebrekk received his first lessons from his mother, Karin Slåttebrekk, and from Ingeborg Songe-Møller. He later studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Einar Steen-Nøkleberg and at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal , as well as with Lazar Berman .
After he had already been celebrated as one of the most promising young Norwegian talents in the 90s and had released a CD with piano works by Maurice Ravel , he suddenly decided in 1997 to take a five-year pianistic break in favor of his family and to deepen his musical thinking. In 2002 he returned to the company and shortly afterwards presented a recording of works by Robert Schumann that was critically acclaimed as exceptional .
Quote
" A 34-year-old master had returned to where he belonged, and provided clear evidence that he had a closer connection to specifically Schumannian poetry than almost any other pianist. " (August Albertsen)
Web links
- Information about Slåttebrekk
- Review of the Schumann recording by John Bell Young
- Review of the recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto by David Hurwitz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slåttebrekk, Sigurd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stavanger , Norway |