Øivind Bergh (3 December 190925 January 1987) was a Norwegian violinist and orchestral leader.

Biography

Øivind Ingvard Bergh was born in

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

, Norway. His parents were Even Johannesen Bergh (1873–1958) and Karen Hanssen (1881–1940). He was the brother of musician Sverre Arvid Bergh (1915–1980) and the brother-in-law of actress

Eva Bergh Eva Bergh (25 February 1926 – 19 February 2013) was a Norwegian actress. Eva Bergh was born Eva Johansen at Kolbotn in Oppegård, Norway. She was married to the composer Sverre Arvid Bergh (1915–1980) and was the sister-in-law of his brot ...

(1926–2013). He was married in 1937 to Rigmor Hansen (1913–1994). Bergh was educated in

Dresden, Germany Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth la ...

. In 1938 he was a violinist with the

Oslo String Quartet Oslo String Quartet was formed in 1991 by Geir Inge Lotsberg and (violins), Are Sandbakken (viola), and Øystein Sonstad (cello). It was among the 1994 prize winners of the ''London International String Competition'', which is among the most prest ...

and the following year he started his own orchestra. He was instrumental in establishing the

Norwegian Radio Orchestra The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studi ...

and was the conductor of the orchestra from its inception in 1946 until 1976. He contributed to more than 5,000 programs for the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

. His book ''Moderne dansemusikk'' was published in 1946, and his autobiography ''Takt og tone'' in 1977.

Øivind Bergh Memorial Prize

The Øivind Bergh Memorial Prize (''Øivind Berghs minnepris'') was instituted in 1989. It is awarded to young promising violinists, often with a background in folk music. The board of FolkOrg, Peer Gynt AS and the

select the winners of the annual prize.

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* 1909 births 1987 deaths Musicians from Hamar Norwegian musicians NRK people {{Norway-musician-stub