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Nils Anders Mortensen
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Nils Anders Mortensen

Piano | Norwegian | b. 1971

About Nils Anders Mortensen

Nils Anders Mortensen is a Norwegian pianist renowned for his versatility and expressive playing. Born in Flekkefjord in 1971, he began playing the piano at three, won the Norwegian Young Pianist Competition in 1986, and studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the École Normale in Paris and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover.

In 1996 Concerts Norway named him "Debutant of the Year", leading to an extensive national tour. He has since performed in the United States, Germany, Russia, Hungary and the Baltic states, and appeared as soloist with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra at the Bergen International Festival in 1998.

Based in Alta since 1998, Mortensen moves freely between classical and contemporary music, jazz, folk and crossover. He has worked closely with mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, violinist Arvid Engegård and double bassist Knut Erik Sundquist on several acclaimed recordings; Veslemøy synsk, with Kielland, was nominated for a Grammy Award. His solo discography includes Grieg, Brahms, Debussy and Bach, and his 2023 album J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 5 & 6 won critical acclaim.

He received the Robert Levin Memorial Prize in 2004 and the Nordlys Prize in 2013.

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