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Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg var en pianist og komponist fra Norge. Hans mest kjente stykke er "Piano Concerto i A Minor." Han skrev også musikken som ble brukt i Peer Gynt, et skuespill skrevet av den kjente norske dramatikeren Henrik Ibsen.

Grieg ble født i 1843 til en kjøpmann og hans kone. Griegs mor var en musikklærer. Faktisk var hun hans aller første pianolærer og han begynte å spille da han var bare seks år gammel. I løpet av Griegs liv var musikken alltid viktig. Som barn brakte han ofte stykker av musikken han jobbet på. Han fikk også møte den berømte fiolinisten Ole Bull, som ble Griegs onkel ved å gifte seg med tanten hans. Det var Bull som la merke til Griegs talent og overtalte foreldrene til å sende ham til det velkjente Leipzig-konservatoriet.

Selv om Grieg utmerket seg ved konservatoriet mens han var der, likte han ikke den tunge disiplinen som var der. Han døde nesten i 1860 da han pådro seg en svært alvorlig lungesykdom, men et år senere, ga han sin første konsert som pianist i Sverige. Hans første konsert i Bergen, hans hjemby, kom i 1862 etter at han hadde avsluttet sine studier.

Mye av Griegs arbeid ble inspirert av folkemusikk fra Norge. Senere i livet nøt han stor berømmelse i hjemlandet. Regjeringen selv tildelte en pensjon til ham i ære for hans arbeid. I tillegg til hans komponerte stykker og pianospill, har han også gjort innspillinger for grammofon og piano.

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Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg was a pianist and composer from Norway. His most famous piece is the "Piano Concerto in A Minor." He also wrote music that was used in Peer Gynt, a play written by the famous Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Grieg was born in 1843 to a merchant and his wife. Grieg's mother was a music teacher. In fact, she was his very first piano teacher, and he began to play when he was just six years old. Throughout the course of Grieg's life, music was always important. As a child, he often brought in pieces of the music he was working on. He also got to meet the famous violinist Ole Bull, who became Grieg's uncle by marrying his aunt. It was Bull who noticed Grieg's talent and talked his parents into sending him to the well-known Leipzig Conservatory.

Although Grieg excelled while at the conservatory, he did not like the heavy discipline in place there. He almost died in 1860 when he contracted a very serious lung disease, but a year later, he gave his first concert as a pianist in Sweden. His first concert in Bergen, his hometown, came in 1862, after he had finished his studies.

Much of Grieg's work was inspired by Norwegian folk music. Later in life he enjoyed much national fame. The government even awarded him a pension in honor of his work. In addition to his compositions and piano performances, he also made recordings for the gramophone and player piano.

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