Svein Amund Skara
The piano and organ virtuoso
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, September 15, 2024, 07.00 PM
Kjell Mörk Karlsen
Piano sonata in h
Harald Sæverud
Thor the Hammerer
Egil Hovland
Scherzo, opus 29 no. 1
Klaus Egge
Fantasy in Halling, opus 12a
Edvard Grieg
From Lyrical pieces:
From early days opus 65 no. 1
Butterfly opus 43 no. 1
Norwegian Marsch opus 54 no. 2
Phantom opus 62 no. 5
Homeward opus 62 no. 6
Evening in the mountains opus 68 no. 4
Halling opus 71 no. 5
Claude Debussy
L'Isle joyeuse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/August Horn (transcription)
Symphony no. 41 in C major, KV 551 (Jupiter)
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no. 2 in b flat minor, opus 31
Ballada no. 1 in g minor, opus 23
Movimento, Munich, Germany,
Dezember 08, 2024, 07.00 PM
Robert Schumann
Fantasia in C major, opus 17
Frédéric Chopin:
Nocturne in c sharp minor, opus posth
Nocturne in F major, opus 15 no. 1
Impromptu in A flat major, opus 29
Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt (transcriptions):
Rienzi
Am stillen Herd
Walhall
Isoldes Liebestod
Tannhäuser Overture
Movimento, Munich, Germany,
February 23, 2025, 07.00 PM
Frédéric Chopin Recital
Nocturne in c minor, opus 48 no. 1
Nocturne in e minor, opus 72 no. 1
Nocturne in E major, opus 62 no. 2
Sonata no. 2 in b flat minor, opus 35
24 Preludes, opus 28
Polonaise in A flat major, opus 53
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo,
March 16, 2025, 07.00 PM
Frédéric Chopin Recital
Nocturne in c minor, opus 48 no. 1
Nocturne in e minor, opus 72 no. 1
Nocturne in E major, opus 62 no. 2
Sonata no. 2 in b flat minor, opus 35
24 Preludes, opus 28
Polonaise in A flat major, opus 53
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, April 6, 2025, 07.00 PM
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no. 2 in f minor, opus 21
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 3 in d minor, opus 30
Arranged for piano and organ.
Piano: Svein Amund Skara
Organ: Kristoffer Myre Eng
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, June 22, 2025, 07.00 PM
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in c sharp minor, opus posth
Nocturne in F major, opus 15 no. 1
Impromptu in A flat major, opus 29
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 21 in C-major, opus 53
(Waldstein)
Franz Liszt
12 Études d'exécution transcendante
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, July 6, 2025, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Peasant Dances (Slåtter), opus 72
George Gerschwin
Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no. 1 in b minor, opus 20
Scherzo no. 2 in b flat minor, opus 31
Scherzo no. 3 in c sharp minor, opus 39
Scherzo no. 4 in E major, opus 54
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, July 20, 2025, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Peasant Dances (Slåtter), opus 72
George Gerschwin
Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no. 1 in b minor, opus 20
Scherzo no. 2 in b flat minor, opus 31
Scherzo no. 3 in c sharp minor, opus 39
Scherzo no. 4 in E major, opus 54
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, August 10, 2025, 07.00 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in a minor, opus 16
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 3 in d minor, opus 30
Arranged for piano and organ.
Piano: Svein Amund Skara
Organ: Kristoffer Myre Eng
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, August 24, 2025, 07.00 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in a minor, opus 16
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 3 in d minor, opus 30
Arranged for piano and organ.
Piano: Svein Amund Skara
Organ: Kristoffer Myre Eng
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, September 7, 2025, 07.00 PM
Kjell Mørk Karlsen
From Folk Tune to Twelve Tone.
24 short preludes, opus 133
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in f minor for piano four hands
George Harry Hitching and Svein Amund Skara, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/August Horn (transcription)
Symphony no. 40 in g minor, KV 550
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Frédéric Chopin
Ballada no. 4 in f minor, opus 52
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, opus 22
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, September 14, 2025, 07.00 PM
Kjell Mørk Karlsen
From Folk Tune to Twelve Tone.
24 short preludes, opus 133
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major, KV 381 for piano four hands
George Harry Hitching and Svein Amund Skara, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/August Horn (transcription)
Symphony no. 40 in g minor, KV 550
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Frédéric Chopin
Ballada no. 4 in f minor, opus 52
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante, opus 22
Svein Amund Skara, piano