Alexander Gadjiev

in Grieg's villa

Pianist Alexander Gadjiev has distinguished himself as one of the foremost of his generation, and the Festival concerts will be his first in Norway. 'A spring in his step, conveying an exceptional degree of urgency,' Gramophone wrote of his album Legends, released in August 2025.

Gadjiev’s concert in Troldsalen sold out long before this year’s Festival. When, in collaboration with Kode, this opportunity arose to perform in the villa at Troldhaugen on Grieg’s own piano, the pianist seized it with both hands.

The programme consists of a selection of Grieg’s works that Gadjiev also performs in Troldsalen, in addition to Ravel’s Oiseaux tristes. In the villa, this music is combined with music by Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Chopin.

There will also be an exclusive extra concert in Grieg’s villa during this year’s Festival with pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason on Friday 5 June.

Image: Alexander Gadjiev

Contributors

• Alexander Gadjiev piano

Works

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1
  Solitary Traveller, Op. 43 No. 2
  Halling, Op. 47 No. 4
  Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4
  Scherzo, Op. 54 No. 5
  Bell Ringing, Op. 54 No. 6
  Goblins, Op. 71 No. 3
  Reminiscence, Op. 71 No. 7

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
  Dumka, op. 59

• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
  From Four Impromptus, D 935, op. 142:
  No. 1 in F minor: Allegro moderato
  No. 4 in F minor: Allegro scherzando

• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
  From Miroirs:
  Oiseaux tristes

• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
  Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52

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