Griegprisen (established 1972 in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is awarded by the «Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen» to a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

musician, conductor or musicologist who in a special way have communicated the music of

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

. It has also been awarded an extraordinary five times to people who have made a special effort to Edvard Grieg and

Troldhaugen Troldhaugen is the former home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg. Troldhaugen is located in Bergen, Norway and consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg's villa, the hut where he composed music, and his and his wife's g ...

. The prize is awarded every year on the birthday of Edvard Grieg, 15 June.

Vinnere

*1972:

Jens Harald Bratlie Jens Harald Bratlie (born 22 November 1948) is a Norwegian pianist. He has studied in Oslo, Paris and London, and made his debut at the age of 17 in Oslo in 1965. Bratlie won first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1967, The Rieflingprice ...

*1973:

Arve Tellefsen Arve Tellefsen () (born 14 December 1936) is a Norwegian violinist who has worked with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Arvid Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Gary Bertini, Evgeny Svetlanov, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo B ...

*1974:

Olav Eriksen Olaf or Olav (, , or differences between General American and Received Pronunciation, British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstr ...

*1975: Follesø Mannskor & Valter Aamodt *1976: Hindarkvartetten *1976: Sigmund Torsteinson (extraordinary) *1977: Edith Thallaug *1978:

Jan Henrik Kayser Jan Henrik Kayser (20 February 1933 – 24 April 2016) was a Norwegian classical pianist. He was born in Bergen. He made his concert debut in 1953, and is known as performer of Harald Sæverud Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (17 April 1897&nb ...

, Anne Bolstad &

Finn Nielsen The word Finn (''pl.'' Finns) usually refers to a member of the majority Balto-Finnic ethnic group of Finland, or to a person from Finland. Finn may also refer to: Places * Finn Lake, Minnesota, United States * Finn Township, Logan County, Nor ...

*1979: Terje Tønnesen *1980:

Eva Knardahl Eva Knardahl Freiwald (10 May 1927 – 3 September 2006) was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer. Her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 12, in which she played three conce ...

*1981:

Finn Benestad Finn Benestad (30 October 1929, Kristiansand – 30 April 2012, Kristiansand) was a Norwegian musicologist and music critic. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1965 to 1998, and is probably best known for his long-term research o ...

Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (10 December 1926 – 1 February 2013) was a Norwegian musicologist, composer, music critic and biographer. He was a lecturer at the University of Oslo for thirty years, from 1973 with the title of professor. His research mainl ...

*1981: Carl O. Gram Gjesdal (extraordinary) *1982:

Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The Musical Society), it later changed its name to ...

Karsten Andersen Karsten Anker Andersen (16 February 192015 December 1997) was a Norwegian conductor. Life Karsten Andersen was born in Fredrikstad. He graduated from the Oslo Music Conservatory (1938–39) and Accademia Musicale Chigiana (1947). He made his deb ...

*1983:

Det Norske Kammerorkester Det Norske Kammerorkester or The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (established in 1977) is a chamber orchestra based in Oslo. Biography The orchestra was founded by the violinist Bjarne Fiskum who got the idea for a summer course for young string ta ...

*1984:

Ellen Westberg Andersen Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: *Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress *Ellen A ...

*1985: Bergen Domkantori & Magnar Mangersnes *1985: Johan Severud (extraordinary) *1986:

Aage Kvalbein Aage Kvalbein (born 29 March 1947) is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue. Kvalbein was bo ...

*1987: Marianne Hirsti *1988:

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (born 25 April 1944) is a Norwegian classical pianist and musical pedagogue. Steen-Nøkleberg was born in Østre Toten to farmer Jacob Steen-Nøkleberg and Signe Sveen. He has recorded more than fifty albums, and toured al ...

*1989: Harald Bjørkøy *1990:

Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journey ...

*1991:

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian Cello, cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano wh ...

*1992:

Ole Kristian Ruud Ole Kristian Ruud (born 2 October 1958) is a Norwegian conductor. Ruud was born in Lillestrøm. He studied clarinet with Richard Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy and made his debut in Osl ...

*1993:

Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (born 27 January 1959) is a Norwegian-Italian operatic soprano. Early life and education Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz is the daughter of Norwegian architectural theorist Christian Norberg-Schulz, and Italian translator and ...

*1994:

Rikskonsertene Concerts Norway ( no, Rikskonsertene) was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway ( no, Norsk kulturråd), with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality acces ...

/ Fylkeskonsertane i Hordaland *1995:

Jiri Hlinka Jiri Hlinka ( cs, Jiří Hlinka; born 1944) is a Norway, Norwegian professor and piano teacher of Czech Republic, Czech origin. His most well-known student is Leif Ove Andsnes. Career Hlinka was born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, ...

*1996:

Håvard Gimse Håvard Gimse (born 15 September 1966) is a Norwegian classical pianist from Kongsvinger, and the brother of the cellist Øyvind Gimse. He has received the Griegprisen (1996) and the Steinway Award (1995). Gimse has done several recordings for ...

*1997: Grieg Trio *1998:

Henning Kraggerud Henning Kraggerud (born 23 June 1973) is a Norwegian musician and composer. Career Kraggerud was born in Oslo. He studied with Camilla Wicks, Emanuel Hurwitz, and Stephan Barratt-Due, before embarking on a career that has brought solo appeara ...

& Helge Kjekshus *1999: Inger Elisabeth Haavet *2000:

Bodil Arnesen Bodil Victoria Arnesen (19 April 1967 in Harstad) is a Norwegian operatic soprano who studied music in Stavanger and Munich. Arnesen has had opera and concert engagements in Europe, USA and Asia and has recorded several albums. She has been awarde ...

& Erling Ragnar Eriksen *2001: Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen *2001: Lizsy Sandal (extraordinary) *2002: Not awarded *2003:

Håkon Austbø Håkon Austbø (born October 22, 1948) is a Norwegian classical pianist. He has created many recordings for the label Brilliant Classics and Naxos Records, and is also a professor at the Amsterdam conservatory. Born in Kongsberg, Austbø studied ...

*2004: Per Gynt-stemnet på Vinstra, by director Svein Sturla Hungnes & conductor: Eldar Nilsen *2005: Vertavo-kvartetten *2006:

Per Vollestad Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math a ...

& Sigmund Hjelset *2007:

*2007: Erling Dahl jr. (extraordinary) *2008: Not awarded *2009: Njål Sparbo *2010: Audun Kayser

References

External links

Griegprisen on BergenArtMuseum.no

Griegprisen on KunstMuseene.no
{{DEFAULTSORT:Griegprisen Music in Bergen Norwegian music awards Awards established in 1972