Anne Eline Riisnæs (born 15 April 1951) is a Norwegian pianist and piano pedagog.

Early life

Riisnæs was born in

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. Her mother was

Eline Nygaard Riisnæs Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (5 July 1913 – 3 February 2011) was a Norwegian pianist and musicologist at UiO, mother of the pianist and piano pedagog Anne Eline Riisnæs (1951-), and the saxophonists Knut Riisnæs (1945-) and Odd Riisnæs (1953- ...

, a pianist. Riisnæs's brothers are Knut Riisnæs (1945–2023), a jazz saxophonist, and

Odd Riisnæs Odd Riisnæs (born 12 May 1953) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer. He was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and the younger brother of jazz saxophonist Knut Riisnæs. He is known from a series of ...

(1953–), saxophonist.

Career

Riisnæs debuted 1977 in Oslo, and the following year she received her diploma at Norges Musikkhøgskole. Later she studied in

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and has held many concerts both in

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and internationally as a soloist and accompanist. She has been a soloist with both

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and Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, and the symphony orchestras of

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and

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. Besides a number of recordings in

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, she has done several school concert tours for

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. In recent years she has been involved in performance practice, and also plays the fortepiano. She has received a number of public and private grants. Riisnæs is employed at the Department of Musicology,

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, and at the Norges Musikkhøgskole, and debuted on record with ''Return'' where she played Sonata Hob. XVI/52, L. 62 in E flat major by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, Fantasies op. 116 by

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

, Sonata op. 1 by

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

and Preludes by

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

Discography

*2011: ''Return'' (OffTheRecords), med Sonate Hob. XVI/52, L. 62 i Ess-dur av Joseph Haydn, Fantasier op. 116 av Johannes Brahms, Sonate op. 1 av Alban Berg og Preludier av George Gershwin *2010: ''Oboe Sonatas'', med Brynjar Hoff

References

External links

Anne Eline Riisnæs Biography
on

Store Norske Leksikon The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique vis ...

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