The next year he finished school and went on to perform in his hometown (Beethoven’s Sonata Pathetique).īetween 1863-66, Grieg lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. Edvard Grieg’s CareerĪfter almost dying, Grieg instead went on to perform as a concert pianist, making his 1861 debut in Sweden. Throughout his life he had many respiratory infections and died from lung and heart failure.īecause of his poor health, he often traveled to spas (a common medical practice – Chopin did the same). His left lung was permanently destroyed, and he had a sort of scoliosis. When he was just 17 years old, he almost died from both tuberculosis and pleurisy (another lung disease). Grieg spent most of his life being sickly. About his study in the conservatory he said he left “as stupid as when I entered it”. Thus began Grieg’s musical adventures, where he enjoyed the concerts, but disliked the formal study of music. Like many prominent composers, Grieg was born into a musical family – his mother was his first piano teacher.Īnyway, when Grieg was 15, a musician and family friend noticed Grieg’s talent, convincing his parents to send him to the Leipzig Conservatory. Interestingly, Grieg’s family had Scottish roots (the clan Gregor), eventually settling in Norway in the late 1770s. Without further ado, let’s discuss Grieg!Įdvard Grieg was born in 1843 in Bergen, Norway, and is one of Norway’s most prominent composers of all time. In today’s video we’re going to get into the nitty-gritty on his life and times. Grieg was a Romantic-era composer (the same time period as Liszt and Chopin) who has a few really important compositions, but he tends to be lesser-known, especially to non-pianists. In today’s episode we’ll be talking about none other than Edvard Grieg.
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