Geirr Tveitt’s reputation was tarnished by his nationalist politics. But a new generation of musicians is bringing this composer’s music to an international audience. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim On ...

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 As Leif Ove Andsnes told us ...

Although pianist Leif Ove Andsnes travels the world, he pays particular attention to the music of his native Norway. Two composers who make frequent appearances in his repertoire are Edvard Grieg and ...

(50) Folk-tunes from Hardanger, Movements: Excerpts Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano Songs, Movements: Excerpts Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano Geirr Tveitt may have died in 1981 but his presence in Norwegian music ...

Katie Derham begins a week of programmes to celebrate Radio 3’s Northern Lights season, with recent recordings of music from Norway, Finland and Sweden. Today, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ...

Since his last Schubert Club solo recital in 2006, Norway’s Leif Ove Andsnes has emerged as one of the 21st century’s premier pianists. So it’s no surprise that St. Paul’s Ordway Music Theater was ...

Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, May 3, 2026. An article on Page 7 this weekend about the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt refers incorrectly to Tveitt’s association with the pro-Nazi ...

Performances of Geirr Tveitt at BBC Music (See all works in BBC Music by Geirr Tveitt) No recent or upcoming events for Geirr Tveitt Cymraeg Gàidhlig Gaeilge ...

Concerto for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra No 1 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Geirr Tveitt, Composer Arve Moen Bergset, Hardanger fiddle Ole Kristian Ruud, Conductor Concerto for Hardanger Fiddle and ...

Chan eil càil ùr no ri thighinn bho Geirr Tveitt ...

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Norwegian pianist Havard Gimse played a concert recently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. We'll hear his performance of a pair of Norwegian miniatures: the Landeleik Tune by Geirr ...