Ssens Trio

SSENS TRIO Sølve Sigerland, violin Henninge Landaas, viola Ellen Margrete Flesjø, cello   Ssens Trio (pronounced ‘Essence’) was established in 2014 by three musicians with a wealth of experience in the inter­national music scene.
  The trio has appeared in concert with Geir Inge Lotsberg, Eivind Ringstad, Håvard Gimse and Leif Ove Andsnes, among others.
  Their first CD, Beethoven: String Trios Op. 3 & 8 (LAWO Classics), received Pizzicato Magazine’s “Supersonic Award” and a prestigious ICMA Awards nomina­tion in 2018.
  Fanfare Magazine wrote: “With abso­lutely no hesitation I will say that it goes right to the top of my Beethoven String Trios list.” (Jerry Dubins). And the follow­ing from a review in Pizzicato Magazine under the heading ‘Beethoven With A Communicative Joy of Music Making’: “Their performance is brimming with the joy of playing together. An outstand­ing ‘trialogue’, with each performer fully sensing the other. Through this interactive music making, which in the Adagio and Minuet movements invokes a remarkably intimate mood, Beethoven’s works gain in depth and sensuousness. And when one combines the sensitive playing with a wonderfully eloquent virtuosity, the way is clear for pure listening pleasure.” (Alain Steffen).
  In 2019 Ssens Trio released a CD on the LAWO Classics label with music of W. A. Mozart.
This recording received glowing reviews in Classica (France), Fanfare Magazine and Pizzicato Magazine, among others, and it was nominated for the Opus Klas­sik Award in Germany and the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) in 2020.