One performer, one perspective.
I wanted to see if one could tell a story of the rather intense and intimate rehearsal process, from only one perspective.
The great Leif Ove Andsnes rehearsing works by Debussy and Franck with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in May 2024.
Documenting this part of the artistic process is in many ways as interesting as photographing the end result, the performance where everyone with a ticket can attend.
Leif Ove Andsnes preparing an all Mozart-program with the musicians of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera in October 2020.
It is an absolute joy to stand “ringside” and hear the results of that intensive listening process and the subsequent interaction between the soloist and the orchestra. A journey of discovery that never ends.
My orchestra, The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera, is soon leaving home base in Norway for a tour of South Korea. I’ll be doing double duty as co-principal of the viola section and tour photographer for the duration of this trip. The images will primarily be delivered to and distributed by the communications office of the orchestra, but I will also try to update my own blog with pictures and some accompanying text. I hope that you will enjoy following us as we head to Asia!
Here are some behind the scenes moments from our concert in Trondheim last night.
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