Liv Glaser (born 23 September 1935 in

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

) is a Norwegian pianist, music teacher, and professor 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 ...

, the daughter of violinist Ernst Glaser and pianist Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, and married 1971 to director of culture Carsten Edvard Munch (1927–2005).

Biography

Glaser was raised in a family where both parents were professional musicians. From 1952 to 1956 she studied with classical pianist Robert Riefling, and later with

Vlado Perlemuter Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher. Biography Vladislas (Vlado) Perlemuter was born to a Polish Jewish family, the third of four sons, in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas in Li ...

in Paris. Her debut concert was in Oslo in 1960. She has lectured at the

from 1973, where she was appointed professor in 1994. Her paternal half-brother is cellist Ernst Simon Glaser. Glaser has cooperated with the conductor

Sir John Barbirolli Sir John Barbirolli ( Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 189929 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 194 ...

. Having been a soloist in Prokofiev's third piano concerto, in Oslo under his taktstock, he invited her to Hallé Orchestra in Manchester 1962, with the same concert, and in 1963 she played Grieg's A minor concert with him and Hallé Orchestra on tour. Glaser's repertoire ranges widely. She has played a lot of French music that she became close to during their studies in Paris. The classical repertoire might have been her closest, but she has also performed much Norwegian music, especially chamber music Grieg and compositions for piano solo, and has for many years been a regular performer at the

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(Bergen International Festival). She has collaborated with Arve Tellefsen for several years. She was appointed Commander of the

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in 2018.

Honors

*1988:

Gammleng-prisen The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...

in the category Classic *2004: Lindeman-prisen

Discography

;

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 ...

: *1965: ''Lyric Pieces Vol. I'' (

RCA Victor Red Seal RCA Red Seal is a classical music label whose origin dates to 1902 and is currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment. History The first "Gramophone Record Red Seal" discs were issued in 1901.RCA Victrola RCA Victrola was a budget record label introduced by RCA Victor in the early 1960s to reissue classical recordings originally released on the RCA Victor " Red Seal" label. The name "Victrola" came from the early console phonographs first market ...

) *2007: ''Lyrical Travels With Edvard Grieg'' ( Simax Classics) ;

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 g ...

: *1971: ''Sonata for violin and piano op. 3'' (

Philips Classics Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fie ...

), feat. Arve Tellefsen ;

Agathe Backer Grøndahl Agathe Ursula Backer Grøndahl (1 December 1847 – 4 June 1907) was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Her son Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959) was also a pianist and composer, who promoted his mother's compositions in his concerts. Biogr ...

: *1975: ''Romanser'' (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie), feat. Kari Frisell *1975: ''Klaverstykker'' (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie) *1988: ''Piano Pieces And Songs'' (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie), compilation feat. Kari Frisell ;

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

: *1991: ''Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5'' (Simax Classics) *1993: ''Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 6, 11 and 14'' (Simax Classics) *1995: ''Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 7, 8, 9 and 10'' (Simax Classics) *1999: ''Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 12, 13 and 17'' (Simax Classics) *2000: ''Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 15, 16 and 18'' (Simax Classics) ;

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

: *1997: ''Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin'' (Simax Classics), feat. Per Vollestad ;Dedicated Ernst Glaser's 100 years anniversary *2004: ''Schubert & Schumann'' (Simax Classics), feat. Ernst Simon Glaser ;Other *2006: ''

Muzio Clementi Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England. Encourag ...

For All Ages'' (Simax Classics), recited on a Longman & Clementi 1799 *2014: ''Liebestreu'' (LAWO), feat. Helene Wold

References

External links

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Liv Glaser – Biography
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Grappa Music Grappa Musikkforlag (established 1983 in Norway) is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian a ...

Ta det piano – Liv Glaser 02.04.1992
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