Ernst Simon Glaser (born 1975 in

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) is a Norwegian musician (cello) and

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, the son of violinist Ernst Glaser (1904–79), and brother of the pianist

Liv Glaser Liv Glaser (born 23 September 1935 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, music teacher, and professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the daughter of violinist Ernst Glaser and pianist Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, and married 1971 to direct ...

(1935–).

Biography

Glaser moved to England at the age of six years, and got his musical exams at the Royal Northern College of Music in

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. In 2002 he was awarded This year's Young Soloist by the

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, and he gave a remarkable debut concert at the University Concert Hall in Oslo 2003. He received the Debutantprisen 2004, and has been appointed as alternate solo cellist in the

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and

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for ten years, and is currently principal cellist at the

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. In 2014 he started as teacher at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

together with the cellist

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. He has toured extensively in areas like Europe and Asia, and is performing Olav Anton Thommessen among others, at Siljustøl during

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2015.

Discography

*2004: ''Schubert & Schumann'' ( Simax Classics) *2012: ''Zvezdochka in Orbit'' (Aurora Records)

References

External links

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40 søskenår ingen hindring
Celebrating Ernst Glaser's 100 years anniversary.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glaser, Ernst Simon 1975 births Living people Musicians from Ålesund Norwegian Jews Norwegian cellists Alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian expatriates in Sweden