Kresimir Sipusch ( Croatian:Krešimir Šipuš; 26 June 1930 – 23 September 2014) was a Croatian composer and conductor, who has often worked in

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 ...

. He was born in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

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. He is known for promoting contemporary music and composers from the 20th century.Biografisk omtale
Simfonijski koncert orkestra HNK Split. At the Music Academy in Zagreb, he studied composition under Stjepan Sulek. His conducting studies took place under Igor Markevič. His career as a conductor began at the Opera Theatre in Zagreb. He then went to

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, where he lived from 1964 to 1972, and was principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Cannes. Then, in 1968, he also became the conductor of the radio orchestra in Zagreb, a position he held until 1974. From the mid-1970s on, Sipusch worked in Norway. He was the Artistic Director of the State Opera School at the State Opera College from September 1976 to 1996. He was married to the soprano Guri Egge, daughter of composer

Klaus Egge Klaus Egge (July 19, 1906 – March 7, 1979) was a Norwegian composer and music critic. Background Egge was born in Gransherad, Telemark, Norway. He was the son Rasmus Klausen Egge (1874-1962) and Rakel Abrahamsdatter Iversen (1877-1986). He gr ...

. Sipusch recorded Egge's Cello Concerto.Oppslag
Norsk Lydinstitutt.

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