Norway's Christian Ihle Hadland has been one of his country's fast-rising stars of the piano in the first two decades of the 21st century. Hadland appeared over the next decade with all the major Scandinavian orchestras, making his debut with the Oslo Philharmonic in 2005 and accompanying soprano Renée Fleming at an appearance at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony. He joined violinist Annar Follesø and clarinetist Björn Nyman for a recording of chamber works by Bartók in 2005. He has remained in demand for chamber collaborations and joined violist Natalie Clein for an album of sonatas by Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge, and Rebecca Clarke in 2018. In 2023, he backed violinist Cecilia Zilliacus on a recording of Saint-Saëns two numbered violin sonatas.