Henninge Landaas received her musical training at the Trondheim Municipal Music School in the 1970s and 1980s, and continued her studies with Bjarne Fiskum in Trondheim and Magnus Ericsson at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Henninge Landaas was alternating principal violist in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for 18 years and a member of the internationally renowned Vertavo String Quartet, with which she performed in concert halls the world over. The ensemble’s critically acclaimed recordings include works by Carl Nielsen, Brahms, Bartok, Grieg and Debussy, among others. With the quartet she shared the Norwegian Music Critics’ Prize, Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy), and the prestigious French award, Diapason d’Or.
Landaas is one of the founders of SSens Trio. With the trio, she now tours regularly and records for LAWO Classics. These recordings have received excellent reviews in publications including Classica (France), Fanfare Magazine and Pizzicato Magazine. In 2020, the trio was nominated for the prestigious Opus Klassik Award in Germany.
She has also released a number of CDs on LAWO Classics featuring solo and duo repertoire, including Brahms´ Sonatas for Viola and Piano with Tim Horton, Mozart/Brustad/Passacaglia with Elise Båtnes, and The Golden Hindemith with, among others, Bjørg Lewis and Vegard Landaas.
Henninge Landaas plays a J. B. Guadagnini viola, on loan from Dextra Musica.