The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level

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located in

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, Norway, in the neighbourhood of

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. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a specialized university (), it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Throughout the years the Academy has educated many of Norway's most renowned musicians. The Norwegian Academy of Music educates performers, composers and

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s, and attempts to lay the foundation for research within various fields of music. It educates musicians within

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genres,

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, classical music and, quite notably in later years, a string of successful performers within the

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realm. The Academy is also Oslo's biggest concert organizer, presenting approximately 300 concerts a year. As is the case with all schools in the Norwegian educational system, the school is free of charge. Students can only be accepted by auditioning and/or other verifiable qualifications.

History

The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973. The current Academy is a result of a merger with the former ''Østlandets musikkonservatorium'' in 1996, which was a successor to the music school at Veitvet founded by Olav Selvaag. The request for a governmental institution for music education goes back to the 19th century. In 1883 Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (father) and Peter Brynie Lindeman (son) started the so-called "School for Organists" in

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(former name for

). It developed to become the first and biggest conservatory of music in Norway, and made an important foundation for the Norwegian Academy of Music. The Lindeman conservatory was discontinued in 1973. To honour the memory of the Lindeman family, the biggest concert hall at the Academy is named ''the Lindeman Hall'', which has a capacity of more than 400 people.

Notable faculty members

* Bjørn Kruse * Lasse Thoresen *

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 ...

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, ...

Håkon Thelin Håkon Thelin (born 1976 in Oslo) is a Norwegian double bass player and composer. Thelin holds a master's degree (with a study on percussion techniques on the double bass in modern music, 2003) from the Norwegian Academy of Music. From 2007 to 20 ...

* Olav Anton Thommessen *

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian 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 when he ...

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, he signed with Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journey" project, whi ...

* Vilde Frang

Notable alumni

Edvard Fliflet Bræin Edvard Fliflet Bræin (23 August 1924 – 30 April 1976) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best remembered for the composition ''Ut mot havet'' and the opera ''Anne Pedersdotter''. Personal life Bræin was born in Kristiansund a ...

, composer and conductor *

Lalla Carlsen Lalla Carlsen (née Haralda Petrea Christensen) (17 August 1889 – 23 March 1967) was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway. Personal life Lalla Carlsen was born in Svelvik as the daughter of shipmaster Carl A ...

, singer and actress * Henrik Hellstenius, composer and musicologist * Trond Halstein Moe, opera singer * Sophie Kauer, cellist and actress *

Turid Karlsen Turid Karlsen (born 1961) is a Norwegian operatic soprano and voice teacher who has had an active international performing career since the 1980s. Known for her portrayals of roles from the dramatic soprano repertoire, she won the Kirsten Flagstad ...

, soprano *

Øyvind Mæland Øyvind Mæland (born 1985) is a Norwegian composer. Career Øyvind Mæland studied the piano at the Barratt Due Institute of Music with Jiri Hlinka, before studying composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Mu ...

, composer *

Arne Nordheim Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a Norwegian composer. Nordheim received numerous awards for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the Norwegian government's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. ...

, composer *

Marcus Paus Marcus Nicolay Paus (; born 14 October 1979) is a Norwegian composer and one of the most performed contemporary Scandinavian composers. As a classical contemporary composer he is noted as a representative of a reorientation toward tradition, tonal ...

* Rune Rebne, composer * Leif Solberg, classical composer and organist

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Norwegian Academy Of Music Universities and colleges in Norway Music schools in Norway Education in Oslo Music in Oslo Educational institutions established in 1973 1973 establishments in Norway