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Tor Espen Aspaas (born September 21, 1971 in Røros) is a Norwegian pianist and musician, since 2006 professor at the Norwegian music school. Aspaas was named in 2016 to the Knight 1st of the Order of St. Olav.
After studying at Liv Glaser and Jens Harald Bratlie at the Norwegian Music School, Aspaas received his solo diploma in 1996 and his first concert took place in Oslo the following year. He has received numerous awards including the Lindeman Youth Award 2004 and the 2005 Levin Award, as well as a soloist with all national and international symphony orchestras. Among the conductors Aspaas collaborated with as soloist names like Frans Bruggen, Vassily Sinajskij, Michel Plasson, Krzysztof Urbanski, Christian Eggen, Bjarte Engeset, Rolf Gupta and Arvid Engegård. With this last as conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra premiered his Olav Anton Thommessen Piano Concerto No. 3 in February 2011 and Terje Bjørklunds Piano Concerto - dedicated Aspaas - TSO directed by Daniel Blendulf in January 2016.
In the fall of 2010 did Aspaas a series of performances of 24 complete Debussy Preludes, including during a recital at the Norwegian Opera, and in March 2013 he made his American debut with a solo concert at Carnegie Hall. , New York. Over the past decade, he has worked systematically to develop the form of conference recital and has held a number of them in several languages at home and abroad.
Aspaas has 14 CD recordings behind him, among them a solo CD of Paul Dukas for piano Works on Simax Classics from 2004, and MIRROR CANON (with works by Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg and Webern) on music marked 2L from of 2008.
Tor Espen Aspaas was artistic director of the chamber music festival "Winterfestspill i Bergstaden" in Røros between 1999 and 2008.
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