Nina Grieg
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Nina Grieg, born Hagerup (November 24, 1845 – December 9, 1935) was a Danish
-Norwegian
lyric soprano. She was the first cousin of composer
Edvard Grieg
, whom she married.
Nina was born in Bergen
, Norway
. She married Edvard on June 11, 1867, in Copenhagen. The couple often performed concerts together in Europe, usually to rave reviews. Edvard considered her the best performer of his songs.
The English composer Frederick Delius
dedicated two sets of songs to her in the years 1888–1890.
She was featured as a soloist in Felix Mendelssohn
's Elijah with Musikselskabet Harmonien (later known as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
) in 1866.
After the death of Edvard in 1907, she moved to Denmark where she died.
Nina Grieg never recorded professionally, but two amateur recordings made on wax cylinders have been preserved (sadly in quite poor condition) and have been issued on the Simax label.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
-Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
lyric soprano. She was the first cousin of composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
, whom she married.
Nina was born in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. She married Edvard on June 11, 1867, in Copenhagen. The couple often performed concerts together in Europe, usually to rave reviews. Edvard considered her the best performer of his songs.
The English composer Frederick Delius
Frederick Delius
Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce...
dedicated two sets of songs to her in the years 1888–1890.
She was featured as a soloist in Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
's Elijah with Musikselskabet Harmonien (later known as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.-History:...
) in 1866.
After the death of Edvard in 1907, she moved to Denmark where she died.
Nina Grieg never recorded professionally, but two amateur recordings made on wax cylinders have been preserved (sadly in quite poor condition) and have been issued on the Simax label.