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Håkon Austbø

Biography

Håkon Austbø (b. 1948 in Kongsberg, Norway) has won a coveted position in today"s world of music. In 1970 he was the first non-French to win the "Concours National de la Guilde Française des Artistes Solistes" in Paris, and in 1971 he gained international attention with the first prize of the Olivier Messiaen Competition for Contemporary Music. Based in the Netherlands for more than 30 years, Mr. Austbø has recently returned to his native country and continues enjoying an extensive solo career throughout Europe, America and Asia. His many recordings - including the complete piano music of Messiaen - have received numerous awards and great international acclaim.
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Håkon Austbø

Discography

Oiseaux Exotiques

23.03.2009

Emerging as an unconventional and powerful band on the contemporary music scene, the NABB are ready with a new release, this time together with Messiaen expert Håkon Austbø as soloist in the Oiseaux Exotiques.
Norwegian Imperatives

05.10.2009

Norwegian Imperatives follows the direct line from teacher to student over four generations of Norwegian composers. Pianist Håkon Austbø is internationally highly acclaimed for his work in contemporary music, and calls this collection "a group of Norwegian piano works I present with a certain feeling of pride".
Wanted

28.10.2011

Celebrated pianist Håkon Austbø pursues an old dream on this release - he takes on some of the most attractive and complex material that exists within the modernistic music. Armed with a Steinway concert grand and a MIDI trigger for the MAX-patch, Austbø goes after the avant garde.
Fartein Valen Complete Songs

28.04.2003

The work of Fartein Valen has a strange way of finding its way out to the audience. It is fair to say that his violin concerto and symphonic poems are quite well known around the world (and of course found in the Simax Classics catalogue, together with the symphonies). Arve Tellefsen"s recordings of the concerto has of course given this work a special significance in our times, but young composers also often refer to Valens approach as a model for their own compositional work.
Claude Debussy Complete Works for Piano Solo, vol. 2

03.10.2005

Volume I in this series was a sensation when launched in 2004, embraced by both critics and audiences. That very special hand Austbø has with the sonorities and structures in Debussy"s music makes this double CD with both the Preludes and the Etudes stunning ventures into the depths beyond the surface.
Claude Debussy Complete Works for Piano Solo, vol.I

16.02.2004

Volume I in Austbø"s series of Debussy complete works for piano solo on Simax Classics is more than promising. Truly sensational readings of these masterworks from one of the most unconventional pianists on the scene today.
Claude Debussy Complete Works for Piano Solo, vol. 3

19.03.2007

With this release Håkon Austbø completes this recording of all pieces for solo piano by Claude Debussy. On this disc we hear the young Debussy's works.