Per Hannevold

Per Hannevold has been principal bassoon of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra since 1979. Mr. Hannevold is a professor at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen and has been a member of the Bergen Wind Quintet since 1981. His repertoire includes all of the standard bassoon concerto and chamber music works, and Ruth Bakke’s Illuminations, John Williams’s The Five Sacred Trees, and Jean Françaix’s Concerto. Worldwide appearances include performances in Taiwan, Lithuania, and the Lincoln Center concert honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mr. Hannevold has presented master classes internationally and has served as a juror-educator at bassoon conventions in Finland, France, Lithuania, Latvia, and the U.S. An artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1993.

Among the artists with whom he has performed chamber music are Adele Anthony, Joshua Bell, Janine Jansen, Joseph Silverstein, James Dunham, Orli Shaham, Joseph Kalichstein, Stephen Kovacevich and Andrew Litton.

During spring 2012 he celebrated the 18th anniversary of his Nordic Bassoon Symposium in Bergen. Mr. Hannevold studied in Oslo and Stockholm with Arnulf Brachel and Knut Sønstevold, and later in the U.S. with Harold Goltzer and Louis Skinner. His latest CD, the highly acclaimed Music for Per, includes Lassen’s Strange Interlude No. 3 in which he imitates rock-guitar riffs, as well as works by David Maslanka and Oivind Westby. He has studied conducting with Aldo Ceccato and Sergiu Celibidache.

REWIEW:

"Per Hannevold...has excellent tone and a full and rich presence... This is a fantastic release." (American Record Guide on "Music for Per")

REWIEW:

Per Hannevold is one of the world's master bassoonists. I've known his playing for nigh on fifteen years because he is the principal bassoonist in the Festival Orchestra every summer at the Aspen Music Festival. I have never heard him play anything other than beautifully and with keen musicianship. (Amazon on "Music for Per")