Svein Amund Skara
The piano and organ virtuoso
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, July 20, 2025, 07.00 PM
Masterwork Recital No. 6/2025
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical Pieces, opus 54
Ballada in g minor, opus 24
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no. 3 in c sharp minor, opus 39
Scherzo no. 4 in E major, opus 54
Ballada no. 1 in g minor, opus 23
Ballada no. 4 in f minor, opus 52
Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt (transcription)
Tannhäuser Overture
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, August 10, 2025, 07.00 PM
Masterwork Recital No. 7/2025
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
Masterwork Recital No. 8/2025
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
Masterwork Recital No. 9/2025
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
Sonata in D major, KV 381 for piano four hands
George Harry Hitching and Svein Amund Skara, piano
Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt (transcription)
Tannhäuser Overture
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Movimento, Munich, Germany, February 22, 2026
Complete Richard Wagner transcriptions by Franz Liszt
From Tannhäuser:
*Pilgrim's Chorus
From Rienzi:
*Santo spirito cavaliere
From The Flying Dutchman:
*Spinning Chorus
*Ballada
From Lohengrin:
*Elsa's Dream
*Lohengrin's Admonition
*Elsa's Bridal Procession
*Festival and Bridal Song
From Tristan und Isolde:
*Isoldes Liebestod
From Die Meistersinger aus Nürnberg
*Am stillen Herd
From Rheingold:
*Walhall
From Parsifal:
*Solemn March to the Holy Grail
From Tannhäuser:
*Entry of the Guests at Wartburg
*Evening Star
*Overture
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, March 8, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 12
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 15 in D major, opus 28 (Pastorale)
Sonata no. 8 in c minor, opus 13 (Pathétique)
Sonata no. 18 in E flat major, opus 31 no. 3 (Hunt)
Sonata no. 23 in f minor, opus 57 (Appasionata)
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, April 19, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 38
Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas opus 33
Waltz in e minor, opus posth.
Grande Valse Brilliante in E flat major, opus 18
Franz Liszt
12 Études d'exécution transcendante
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, May 10, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 43
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no. 1 in e minor,
opus 11
Piano Concerto no. 2 in f minor,
opus 21
Arranged for piano and organ.
Piano: Svein Amund Skara
Organ: Kristoffer Myre Eng
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, June 21, 2026, 07.00 PM
Works by Chopin, Grieg and Mozart
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, July 5, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 62
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
4 Mazurkas opus 17
Ballada no. 1 in g minor, opus 23
Ballada no. 2 in F major, opus 38
Ballada no. 3 in A flat major, opus 47
Ballada no. 4 in f minor, opus 52
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, July 19, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 65
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
4 Mazurkas opus 17
Ballada no. 1 in g minor, opus 23
Ballada no. 2 in F major, opus 38
Ballada no. 3 in A flat major, opus 47
Ballada no. 4 in f minor, opus 52
Oslo Piano Festival, Oslo, Norway, August 9, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 68
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 2 in c minor, opus 18
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 23, 2026, 07.00 PM
Edvard Grieg
Lyrical pieces, opus 71
Svein Amund Skara, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no. 2 in c minor, opus 18
Piano Concerto no. 3 in d minor, opus 30
Arranged for piano and organ.
Piano: Svein Amund Skara
Organ: Kristoffer Myre Eng