Håvard Gimse is now firmly established as one of Norway’s leading musicians with a bold and expansive repertoire, including an impressive list of 30 performed piano concertos, he is heavily in demand as both soloist and chamber musician. After gaining his Diploma at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin in 1995 with Hans Leygraf, he continued his studies with the revered piano Professor Jiři Hlinka in Norway. He is the recipient of 1st Prize in the Jugend Musiziert Competition from 1987,…
Håvard Gimse is now firmly established as one of Norway’s leading musicians with a bold and expansive repertoire, including an impressive list of 30 performed piano concertos, he is heavily in demand as both soloist and chamber musician.
After gaining his Diploma at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin in 1995 with Hans Leygraf, he continued his studies with the revered piano Professor Jiři Hlinka in Norway. He is the recipient of 1st Prize in the Jugend Musiziert Competition from 1987, and since then has been awarded many of Norway and Scandinavia’s most prestigious awards including the Steinway Prize in 1995, the Grieg Prize in 1996, the Sibelius Prize in 2004 and most recently the Norwegian Critics Prize for his performances of all of Beethoven´s Cello Sonatas with Truls Mørk at the Bergen International Festival in 2011.
Håvard’s great affinity with Scandinavian, and particularly Norwegian music, means he has become one of the arenas most influential and significant recording artists. His sympathetic approach and intelligent espousing of lesser known Scandinavian and Norwegian works, arrangements and composers always receive unanimously superb reviews and prizes including Diapson d’Or and Gramophone’s Critics Choice, encouraging and creating new and enthusiastic audiences. His most recent recordings include discs of Schubert and Schumann with Henning Kraggerud for NAIM, which was nominated for the Spellemanpris (the Norwegian Grammy) in 2011 and his recording of Grieg pieces with Truls Mørk. Recent solo discs include repertoire by Chopin and Grieg for NAIM, Sibelius, Grieg and Tveitt for Naxos and Grieg Violin Sonatas for Sony, and his concerto discs include all five of the 5 Tveitt Piano Concertos for Naxos, Grieg with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and he will record Poulenc’s Double Concerto with Christian Ihle Hadland with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in January 2011. In December 2012 he released "Arvesylv" on Fabra Records, containing works by Tveitt, Sæverud and Mørk Karlsen.
August, 2019
