Håkon Austbø
Håkon Austbø (born October 22, 1948) is a Norwegian classical pianist, born in Kongsberg. He is also a professor at the Amsterdam conservatory.
Among Austbø's recordings are works by Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin (complete piano sonatas), Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Leoš Janáček (complete works for piano), and Edvard Grieg (complete Lyric Pieces). He has done many recordings for the label Brilliant Classics.
He was also an initiator and director of the LUCE project, which was founded to realize Scriabin's Clavier à lumières.
External links
- Home page of Håkon Austbø
- Håkon Austbø celebrates 40 years behind the piano on the site of the Music Information Centre (MIC) Norway
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