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Gísli Magnússon
Gísli Magnússon (5 February 1929 – 28 May 2001) was an Icelandic pianist. His career spanned more than half a century. Biography Magnússon was born on 5 February 1929 Eskifjörður, Iceland. He started piano lessons in 1939, at the age of ten. He studied in Reykjavík, Zurich and Rome.Gísli Magnússon. 2001. Mbl.is – Obituaries. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/610061/. Retrieved 2 December 2017. In the first three years he studied with Icelandic pianist Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson who had himself recently returned from studying in Paris. Magnússon continued to study piano at the Reykjavik College of Music and graduated in 1949. From there he went on to study with Swiss pianist and graduated as a solo pianist in 1953 from Zürich University of the Ar In 1954 he played his first concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under conductor Olav Kielland and received rave reviews. The same year he was awarded a one-year grant from the Italian state and studied in Rome under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Gísli Magnússon
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
