Sigurd Slåttebrekk

Sigurd Slåttebrekk ( born 1968 in Stavanger ) is a Norwegian pianist.

Life and career

Slåttebrekk received his first lessons from his mother, Karin Slåttebrekk, and of Ingeborg Songe -Møller. Later he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Einar Steen- Nøkleberg and at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal, also with Lazar Berman.

After he was already celebrated in the 90s as one of the most promising Norwegian Nachwuchtstalente and had released a CD with piano works by Maurice Ravel, he decided in 1997 to five years in surprisingly pianistic out in favor of his family and the deepening of his musical thought. In 2002 he returned to the holding and put a little later a critically acclaimed as exceptionally recording of works by Robert Schumann ago.

Quote

" A 34 -year-old master had reverted to where it belonged, and provided clear evidence that he had a closer relationship with the specific Schumann's poetry to be as good as any other pianist. " ( August Albertsen )