Sigurd Slåttebrekk

Norwegian musician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNorwegian musician
PlacesNorway
isMusician Pianist
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Instruments:Piano
Birth6 January 1968, Stavanger, Norway
Age57 years
Star signCapricorn
Awards
Spellemannprisen in classical music1997
The details

Biography

Sigurd Slåttebrekk (born 6 January 1968) is a Norwegian classical pianist.

Born in Stavanger, Norway, Slåttebrekk is acclaimed for his recordings of works by Maurice Ravel and Robert Schumann. He received his earliest piano training from his mother, Karin Slåttebrekk, and Ingeborg Songe-Møller. He continued his studies under Einar Steen-Nøkleberg at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Jerome Lowenthal at the Juilliard School and with Lazar Berman.

In 1997, he decided to stop giving concerts, but after a hiatus of seven years, he made his comeback at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival in August 2002.

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