Geir Henning Braaten is a Norwegian pianist. In his hometown, he studied with Nicolai Dirdal from age five, and later with Robert Riefling

Robert Riefling

Robert Dankwart Leo Riefling was a Norwegian classical pianist and pedagogist. He was regarded among Scandinavia's leading pianists, and toured all over the western world...

, both at the Oslo Conservatory of Music. He also studies in France with Yvonne Lefébure

Yvonne Lefébure

Yvonne Lefébure was a French pianist.Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in piano and numerous other subjects. She soon appeared with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne and in recital. She...

, with Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna and some others in Spain. He debuted in 1966 and has toured widely, especially in the East, including Turkey, Yugoslavia, France, USSR, U.S., Korea, Middle East and Taiwan. He has performed on Hong Kong radio and played with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

The , or TSO, was established in 1946 as the Toho Symphony Orchestra . It assumed its present name in 1951.Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as the pit ensemble for some productions at New National Theatre, Tokyo, the city's leading opera house...

. Braaten has collaborated with conductors including Moshe Atzmon

Moshe Atzmon

Moshe Atzmon is a Hungarian-born Israeli conductor.He was born in Budapest, and at the age of thirteen he emigrated with his family to Tel Aviv, Israel. He started his musical career on the horn before going to London for further studies in conducting....

, Aldo Ceccato

Aldo Ceccato

Aldo Ceccato is an Italian conductor. He has worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. He was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 until 1990...

, Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons

Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto...

, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi

Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi

is a Japanese conductor and composer.Born in Iwaki, Fukushima, Kobayashi's father was a high school teacher, mother was a primary school teacher. Kobayashi started composing music at the age of 11...

 and Walter Weller

Walter Weller

Walter Weller is an Austrian conductor and violinist.-Biography:Weller was born in Vienna, Austria where he first gained renown as a prodigy on the violin...

. His complete edition of Grieg gave rise to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...

. He has had success with Aaron Røsand. He is an associate professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music

Norwegian Academy of Music

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a university college, it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate...

 and lives in Blylaget

Blylaget

Blylaget is a village in Akershus, Norway....

.

Releases

• Edvard Grieg, complete piano music, vol. I–VII (Twelve CDs, Victoria, 1993). The Grieg anniversary.
• Arietta and variations (Pro Musica, 2005). With Per Øien and Robert Aitken flute. Music by Franz and Karl Doppler.
• Xmas greetings from the piano ( Simax, 2006)

Awards

• Princess Astrid Music Prize 1967
• Prizewinner in the Concours Debussy in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre.Inhabitants are called Saint-Germanois...
  
   1977
• Medal in the Concurso Maria Canals in Barcelona, ​​Spain 1972
• Best Special Edition, Reed Midem Organization 1995
• Gammleng Award 1997 in the "Classic" category.